What Great Paintings Say: Beautiful Nudes

What Great Paintings Say: Beautiful Nudes
ISBN-10
3836569736
ISBN-13
9783836569736
Series
What Great Paintings Say
Category
Figure painting
Pages
95
Language
English
Published
2018
Authors
Rose-Marie Hagen, Rainer Hagen

Description

Art history's most important nudes bare all in this fascinating investigation into the covert historical and narrative details of naked masterworks. Through the revealing lens of authors Rose-Marie and Rainer Hagen--and with crisp, enlarged details and in-depth analytical essays--deities, lovers, and otherworldly creatures alike cease to be two-...

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