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 | 10 |
310 | 21 |
154 | 26 |
An angel in the living room | 28 |
An Italian in Bruges | 41 |
A Small Saint in a Vasty Building | 59 |
A magnificent picture for a dubious money | 76 |
St George and the Dragon 15021507 | 94 |
The Blind Leading the Blind 1568 | 191 |
The Dying Seneca 16111615 | 209 |
328 | 211 |
Rembrandt The Night Watch 1642 | 250 |
The Breakfast 1739 | 281 |
346 | 310 |
The Family of Charles IV 1860 | 323 |
Lying in the State of the Dead in the March | 365 |
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What Great Paintings Say: Old Masters in Detail, Volume 2 Rose-Marie Hagen No preview available - 1996 |
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Bibliographic information
| 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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