Título: Art in Detail: 100 Masterpieces
Autor: Susie Hodge
Sinopse: An accessible guide to the finer details of one hundred masterpieces of Western art, now in paperback.
Great paintings cannot be fully understood in a single encounter; there is always more to be derived from them. Art lovers may revisit and reconsider the masterpieces throughout their lives, but a deeper understanding can only be gained by analyzing the painting in detail, be it the placement of the subject, the lighting, the style of brushstrokes, or the themes.
Art in Detail examines one hundred iconic paintings from the Western canon and spotlights the finer points a quick glance will almost certainly fail to reveal. These include subtle internal details, such as hidden symbols and artistic tricks employed by the painter to achieve particular effects. In addition, Susie Hodge writes intelligently about external influences on the artist―everything from the socioeconomic context in which he or she flourished, to smaller local difficulties, such as the level of air pollution at the time the painting was created. And she treats each of her subjects not only, to quote the English poet Matthew Arnold, “as in itself it really is,” but also as part of a tradition that links the oldest painting to the most recent, as artists pass a metaphorical baton down through the ages. 700 color illustrations
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “Art in Detail: 100 Masterpieces”, de Susie Hodge, publicado pela editora THAMES HUDSON, em 2021 e com 432 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: THAMES HUDSON
Páginas: 432
Ano: 2021
Edição:
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 0500296413
ISBN13: 9780500296417
