How to Read a Painting / Patrick de Rynck, BRAND NEW 2004 hardcover, UK import

Description: How to Read a Painting : Decoding, Understanding and Enjoying the Old Masters by Patrick de Rynck ISBN 9780500512000London : Thames & Hudson [2004] First Edition, Presumed First Printing (no later printings listed) Semi-Hardcover**, 383 pp. Book is Brand New. Clean, bright, unmarked pages, no stains, tears, folds or odors. Binding is tight and stiff, as it's never been opened to read (I should know - I bought this myself in Scandinavia in 2006, and I never opened it - just took it out of the shrink-wrap the other day). Spine is unmarked and uncreased. Printed on thick, glossy, sized paper to make the color photos pop, but it's h-e-a-v-y at 2.5 pounds. NO highlighting, underlining, or previous owner's name. NOT ex-library, NOT remaindered. ** Note on the binding: It's somewhere between softcover and hardcover. It has a stiffer paper board (slightly bendable like posterboard, not rigid cardboard), with the "dust jacket" glued down and covered by a blank pastedown end paper on the inside cover. Hence the "dust jacket" is not removable. Just so you know. See photos. Just say NO to stock photos! Photos (including scans of the cover) are of the actual book you will receive. (Sorry they aren't opened flat, but I wanted to save the new-book experience for your enjoyment). Insist on seeing what you are paying for. Summary: Clues to the meaning of many of the masterpieces of art history lie in a rich system of symbols, themes and motifs that often elude modern museum-goers. The intimate knowledge of Greek and Roman mythology, folklore and Christian theology that was so vivid in the minds of viewers during the Renaissance is rarely part of the preparation of the contemporary viewer brings to a painter. This illuminating, anecdotal, portable book - with 1,000 gorgeous color illustrations - helps to fill in these gaps by decoding the imagery of more than 150 of the most influential and admired artworks of all time. Covering the works of the Italian, Dutch, German and Spanish Old Masters, from 1350 to 1750 - paintings by such artists as Giotto, Botticelli, El Greco, Bruegel, Holbein, Rubens and Vermeer, all held in public collections - How to Read a Painting not only helps the viewer to understand the significant details of a picture but also explains the relationship with similar imagery in other works. The guide to Old Master paintings that every art lover has always wanted, this indispensable museum companion will open the reader to a whole new experience of Western art's most praised and visited paintings.

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