Identify the subject in the painting. The secrets of ancient painting.
Hazan| N° d'inventaire | 17373 |
| Format | 20 x 24 |
| Détails | 297 p., color illustrations, hardcover. |
| Publication | Paris, 2013 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | |
It is not always easy for a museum visitor today to identify the subjects of works of ancient art. Who is the god hiding beneath the swan feathers in Leonardo da Vinci's Leda? Similarly, art lovers are often unaware of the history of the artistic genre in which this subject is situated. Devotional painting, history painting, and still life have experienced uninterrupted development in most European countries since the 15th century. What is this painting about? To which visual culture does it belong? Who hasn't asked this kind of question in a museum, an exhibition, or an auction room? This book aims to remove all obstacles to the contemplation of Western painting. Grouped by subject represented and displayed in the chronological order of their creation, 200 masterpieces, spanning six centuries of European painting, are deciphered here in clear and accessible language. Carefully selected details accompanied by precise commentaries provide privileged access to ancient painting. The reader thus follows the evolution of genres, such as portraiture, mythological painting, and landscape, through the inventions of Giotto, Mantegna, Holbein, Titian, Caravaggio, Poussin, and David. Thematic boxes provide an overview of the cultural context that conditioned the emergence of these pictorial forms.
It is not always easy for a museum visitor today to identify the subjects of works of ancient art. Who is the god hiding beneath the swan feathers in Leonardo da Vinci's Leda? Similarly, art lovers are often unaware of the history of the artistic genre in which this subject is situated. Devotional painting, history painting, and still life have experienced uninterrupted development in most European countries since the 15th century. What is this painting about? To which visual culture does it belong? Who hasn't asked this kind of question in a museum, an exhibition, or an auction room? This book aims to remove all obstacles to the contemplation of Western painting. Grouped by subject represented and displayed in the chronological order of their creation, 200 masterpieces, spanning six centuries of European painting, are deciphered here in clear and accessible language. Carefully selected details accompanied by precise commentaries provide privileged access to ancient painting. The reader thus follows the evolution of genres, such as portraiture, mythological painting, and landscape, through the inventions of Giotto, Mantegna, Holbein, Titian, Caravaggio, Poussin, and David. Thematic boxes provide an overview of the cultural context that conditioned the emergence of these pictorial forms.