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What great paintings say : old masters in detail / Rose-Marie & Rainer Hagen.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Köln ; London : Taschen, <c1996 >Description: v. <2 > : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 30 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 3822889040 (v.2)
Other title:
  • Old masters in detail
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • ND1143 .H34 1996
Summary: Why should a banker, two actresses and a seamstress meet at a riverside restaurant? What was the Impressionist who painted them trying to capture? And did he have enough money to pay for his lunch? These are the kinds of questions applied to the masterpieces collected in this book. The result is an unusual account of trends and lifestyles of times past as reflected in great works of art.

Vol. <2 > translated from the German by Iain Galbraith.

Why should a banker, two actresses and a seamstress meet at a riverside restaurant? What was the Impressionist who painted them trying to capture? And did he have enough money to pay for his lunch? These are the kinds of questions applied to the masterpieces collected in this book. The result is an unusual account of trends and lifestyles of times past as reflected in great works of art.

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