How to Read a Painting: Decoding, Understanding and Enjoying the Old Masters.

de Rynck, Patrick

ISBN 10: 0500512000 / ISBN 13: 9780500512005

Edité par London: Thames and Hudson, 2004., 2004

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Paperback book in good+ condition. Minor general wear to covers. Page edges tanned throughout. 4to. 383pp.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: How to Read a Painting: Decoding, Understanding and Enjoying the Old Masters.
• Éditeur: London: Thames and Hudson, 2004.
• Date de parution: 2004
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0500512000
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780500512005
• Reliure: Soft cover
• État de l'article: Good
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Art

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Synopsis

This illuminating, anecdotal, portable book - with 1000 gorgeous colour illustrations - helps to fill in these gaps by decoding the imagery of more than 150 of the most influential and admired artworks of all time. Covering the works of the Italian, Dutch, German and Spanish Old Masters, from 1350 to 1750 - paintings by sych artists as Giotto, Botticelli, El Greco, Bruegel, Holbein, Rubens and Vermeer - 'How To Read A Painting' helps the viewer to understand the significant details of a picture and also explains the relationship with similar imagery in other works.

À propos de l?auteur

Patrick de Rynck is a classicist and translator. He is the author of several books, including How to Read a Painting and Understanding Paintings, both published by Thames & Hudson.