Certain works of art--"Mona Lisa," the "Statue of Liberty," Rodin's "The Thinker," Grant Wood's "American Gothic"--are famous to everyone: those who love art and those who are generally indifferent to it. This volume considers 29 works of art and examines the ways in which they have transcended the art world and become facets of the popular imagination.
These art biographies are collected in five sections:
Ancient Monuments
Monuments to the Modern World
Renaissance Art
19th-Century Art
20th-Century Art
Bibliographic entries and a subject index are included, making...
Certain works of art--"Mona Lisa," the "Statue of Liberty," Rodin's "The Thinker," Grant Wood's "American Gothic"--are famous to everyone: those wh...
