What happens when we look at a painting? What do we think about? What do we imagine? How can we explain, even to ourselves, what we see or think we see? And how can art historians interpret with any seriousness what they observe? In six engaging, short narrative "fictions," each richly illustrated in color, Daniel Arasse, one of the most brilliant art historians of our time, cleverly and gracefully guides readers through a variety of adventures in seeing, from Velazquez to Titian, Bruegel to Tintoretto.
By demonstrating that we don't really see what these paintings are trying to...
What happens when we look at a painting? What do we think about? What do we imagine? How can we explain, even to ourselves, what we see or think we...
Equal parts eloquent tribute and respected monograph, Anselm Kiefer is organized both chronologically and to reflect the artist's recurrent motifs, including Nordic and Germanic mythologies, Jewish mysticism, the cosmos, the legends of the ancient world, and many more. Approximately 250 full-color images reproduce his art at the highest possible quality, to trace Kiefer's creative evolution and reveal as fully as possible his works' scope and power.
Equal parts eloquent tribute and respected monograph, Anselm Kiefer is organized both chronologically and to reflect the artist's recurrent m...