Name: What Paintings Say: 100 Masterpieces in Detail
Brand: Rose-Marie Hagen and Rainer Hagen

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9783836559263

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Limited edition

Release date

2016-02-26

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Littlehampton

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Rose-Marie Hagen and Rainer Hagen 

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Art & Photography

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Under the microscope: Paintings hidden secrets revealed This important addition to our understanding of art history s masterworks puts some of the world's most famous painting sunder a magnifying glass to uncover their most small and subtle elements and all they reveal about a bygone time, place, and culture.Guiding our eye to the minutiae of subject and symbolism, authors Rose-Marie and Rainer Hagen allow even the most familiar of pictures to come alive anew through the intricacies and intrigues.Is the bride pregnant? Why does the man wear a beret? How does the shadow of war hang over a scene of dancing? Along the way, we travel from Ancient Egypt through to modern Europe, from the Renaissanceto the Roaring Twenties.We meet Greek heroes and poor German poets and roam from cathedrals to cabaret bars, from the Garden of Eden to a Garden Bench in rural France.As we pick apart each painting and then reassemble it like a giant jigsaw puzzle, these celebrated canvases captivate not only in their sheer wealth of details but also in the witness they bear to the fashions and trends, people and politics, loves and lifestylesof their time. About the series: Bibliotheca Universalis Compact cultural companions celebrating the eclectic Taschen universe at an unbeatable, democratic price!Since we started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980, the name Taschen has become synonymous with accessible, open-minded publishing.Bibliotheca Universalis brings together nearly 100 of our all-time favorite titles in a neat new format so you can curate your own affordable library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia.Bookworm s delight never bore, always excite! " 

What Paintings Say: 100 Masterpieces in Detail

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