Susan Woodford
Author
Series
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Exploring the origins, designs and themes of over one hundred pictures from different periods and places, Susan Woodford artfully expands our appreciation of pictures. Woodford's riveting prose compares different artistic approaches, questions assumptions and introduces us to a wide range of stimulating ideas. Wether looking a Japanese woodcut, Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper or Picasso's Guernico, Looking at Pictures develops our eyes as well as...
Author
Series
Publisher
Thames and Hudson
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"For more than 2,000 years the art of Greece and Rome has lain at the heart of western civilization. This book recaptures the excitement of the artists who first created it. It traces the daring innovations of those who, defying traditional wisdom, explored new ideas; it describes the valiant struggles of sculptors and painters to portray - for the first time - both the complexities of the human form and the richness of human emotions. So much has...
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