Looking at the Overlooked: Four Essays on Still Life Painting (Essays in Art & Culture) - Hardcover
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Synopsis
Historically and culturally, the societies that produced still-life painting could hardly be more diverse. What is it then, that allows us to place such different types of images within a single category? Norman Bryson writes about this subject with skill and eloquence in "Looking at the Overlooked."
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Norman Bryson is professor of art history and theoretical studies at the Slade School of Art, University of London.
Review
'Few art historians can unpeel images in the way that he does.' - Frances Spalding, The Independent; 'The still-life really comes alive in this book.' - Good Book Guide
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