How to read a painting : decoding, understanding and enjoying the Old Masters / Patrick de Rynck.
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TextPublication details: London : Thames & Hudson, 2004Description: 383 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0500512000 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Painting, Renaissance | Painting, Modern -- 17th century | Painting, Modern -- 18th century | Art criticismDDC classification: 704.946 Summary: The author has written an easy-to-read book on art from 1300 to the early 1800s for the general public who like to go to exhibitions. Up to the 1800s, painters used the accepted symbols of their day to convey meaning in art. After that time, personal symbols and styles evolved which are more complex to read, so the author does not include this art here. The illustrations, with zoom-in details reproduced, show the reader very clearly what the author is saying in the text.
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Includes bibliography (p. 364-367) and index.
The author has written an easy-to-read book on art from 1300 to the early 1800s for the general public who like to go to exhibitions. Up to the 1800s, painters used the accepted symbols of their day to convey meaning in art. After that time, personal symbols and styles evolved which are more complex to read, so the author does not include this art here. The illustrations, with zoom-in details reproduced, show the reader very clearly what the author is saying in the text.
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