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What Great Paintings Say: Masterpieces in Detail (Bibliotheca Universalis) - Hardcover

Hagen, Rainer & Rose-Marie

 
9783836559263: What Great Paintings Say: Masterpieces in Detail (Bibliotheca Universalis)

Synopsis

This important addition to our understanding of art history’s masterworks puts some of the world's most famous paintings under 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 their 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 Renaissance to 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 lifestyles of their time.

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About the Author

Rose-Marie Hagen was born in Switzerland and studied history, Romance languages, and literature in Lausanne. After further studies in Paris and Florence, she lectured at the American University in Washington, D.C.Rainer Hagen was born in Hamburg and graduated in literature and theater studies in Munich. He later worked for radio and TV, most recently as chief editor of a German public broadcasting service. Together they have collaborated on several TASCHEN titles, including Masterpieces in Detail, Pieter Bruegel, and Francisco de Goya.

From the Back Cover

Esta obra resulta básica para entender las obras maestras de la historia del arte, ya que pone bajo la lupa algunos de los lienzos más famosos del mundo para descubrir sus elementos más pequeños y sutiles, y todo lo que pueden llegar a revelar sobre una cultura, un lugar y una época ya pasados.Dirigiendo nuestra mirada a los más mínimos detalles y al simbolismo que hay tras las obras, Rose-Marie y Rainer Hagen permiten que las imágenes más conocidas cobren de nuevo vida a través de sus complejidades e intrigas. ¿Está embarazada la novia? ¿Por qué lleva gorra el hombre? ¿Cómo se cierne la sombra de la guerra sobre una escena de baile? Así, viajamos desde el antiguo Egipto hasta la moderna Europa, desde el Renacimiento hasta los alocados años veinte. Conocemos a héroes griegos y poetas alemanes sumidos en la pobreza. Visitamos catedrales y clubes de cabaret, el jardín del Edén y un banco en un jardín de la Francia rural.Cuando descomponemos una pintura y luego la recomponemos como un gran rompecabezas, estos famosos lienzos no solo cautivan por su gran riqueza de detalles, sino también por el testimonio que ofrecen de las modas y las tendencias, las gentes y los políticos, los amores y los estilos de vida de su época.Sobre la serieBibliotheca Universalis – Compañeros culturales en formato compacto para celebrar el universo ecléctico de TASCHEN.

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