What Great Paintings Say: Masterpieces in Detail - Softcover

This book presents a selection of articles originally published in the German magazine art by the Hagens, who also produced a TV series, History in Paintings, as part of their mission to make art more understandable to nonspecialists. The 32 essays, each focusing on a work by a different artist, are arranged chronologically from the 15th through the 20th centuries. With the exceptions of Diego Rivera, Vasily Surikov, and Edward Kienholz, the artists are all from Western Europe. Large color plates enhance the text, and a graphic technique is used to highlight a particular area of the paintings like a window and draw viewers deeper into the work. The authors discuss how these details reflect the political events, religious views, sexual mores, and social issues of the times. Recommended for larger public libraries.?Anne Marie Lane, American Heritage Ctr., Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie
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