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How to look at a painting  Cover Image Book Book

How to look at a painting / Françoise Barbe-Gall ; [translated from the French by Stewart Spencer].

Barbe-Gall, Françoise. (Author). Spencer, Stewart. (Translator).

Summary:

Presents advice on ways to examine a painting to gain a better understanding of its meaning.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780711232129
  • ISBN: 0711232121
  • Physical Description: 311 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
  • Publisher: London : Frances Lincoln Limited, c2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published in French in 2006.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographic references (p. 306-307) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Observing a simple reality -- Contemplating the sublime -- Analysing distortions to the visible world -- Taking account of what appears confusing -- Getting over the shock of our first impression -- Abandoning ourselves to the gentleness of a painting.
Subject: Painting > Appreciation.
Art appreciation.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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Kirtland Community College Library ND 1143 .B373 2010 30542684 General Collection Available -


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