What Great Paintings Say, Volume 2Rose-Marie and Rainer Hagen provide answers to these and other questions about world-famous works of art. Guiding our eye to revealing details, they also shed fascinating light on fishions and lifestyles, loves and intrigues, politics and people, and transform our encounter with art into an exciting adventure. Book jacket. |
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Contents
Foreword 82 Jason sails for unknown shores | 9 |
The Empress Theodora with her Retinue | 17 |
An angel in the living room 106 The man the naked woman and the bolt | 28 |
Jerusalem on the horizon | 35 |
The Arnolfini Marriage i434 c i508 | 41 |
St Jerome i460i475 | 59 |
Looking back to the Middle Ages | 65 |
A grim male ballet | 71 |
A magnificent picture for a dubious money celebrate | 143 |
The jewel in Saxonys crown 382 Royalty under the lime trees | 310 |
A sombre ceremony 400 Under the umbrella loneliness | 328 |
Japanese on their travels 424 Appendix | 352 |
After the Uprising | 365 |
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| Title | What Great Paintings Say, Volume 2 Volume 2 of Masterpieces in Detail: What Great Paintings Say, Rose-Marie Hagen What Great Paintings Say, Rose-Marie Hagen |
| Authors | Rose-Marie Hagen, Rainer Hagen |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Taschen, 2003 |
| ISBN | 3822813729, 9783822813720 |
| Length | 432 pages |
| Subjects | › › Art / Techniques / Painting |
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