{"product_id":"what-great-paintings-say-masterpieces-in-detail","title":"What Great Paintings Say: Masterpieces in Detail","description":"DESCRIPTION : \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis important addition to our understanding of art history’s masterworks puts some of the \u003cstrong\u003eworld's most famous paintings\u003c\/strong\u003e under a magnifying glass to uncover their most small and subtle elements and \u003cstrong\u003eall they reveal about a bygone time, place, and culture.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Guiding our eye to the \u003cstrong\u003eminutiae of subject and symbolism\u003c\/strong\u003e, authors Rose-Marie and Rainer Hagen allow even the most familiar of pictures to come alive anew through their \u003cstrong\u003eintricacies and intrigues. \u003c\/strong\u003eIs 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 \u003cstrong\u003eAncient Egypt through to modern Europe\u003c\/strong\u003e, from the \u003cstrong\u003eRenaissance \u003c\/strong\u003eto the \u003cstrong\u003eRoaring Twenties. \u003c\/strong\u003eWe meet \u003cstrong\u003eGreek heroes and poor German poets\u003c\/strong\u003e and roam \u003cstrong\u003efrom cathedrals to cabaret bars\u003c\/strong\u003e, from the Garden of Eden to a Garden Bench in rural France.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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 \u003cstrong\u003efashions and trends, people and politics, loves and lifestyles \u003c\/strong\u003eof their time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRODUCT DETAILS : \u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003eISBN : 9783836559263 \u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003eBY (AUTHOR) Hagen, Rainer \u0026amp; Rose-Marie, BY (AUTHOR) TASCHEN \u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePUBLISHER : Taschen GmbH  \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePUBLICATION DATE : January 15, 2016 \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCOUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : Germany \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIMPRINT : Taschen GmbH \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLANGUAGE : English \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAGE : General \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003ePRODUCT FORM : Hardback \u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003eDIMENSION : 195 mm x 140 mm \u003cbr\u003eWEIGHT : 1016 g \u003cbr\u003eSERIES : Bibliotheca Universalis \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRODUCT CATEGORY :\u003cbr\u003e    \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookazine-hong-kong.myshopify.com\/collections\/The-Arts\"\u003eThe Arts\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hagen, Rainer \u0026 Rose-Marie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50256803856661,"sku":"9783836559263","price":250.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0272\/7087\/3174\/files\/9783836559263.jpg?v=1791957116","url":"https:\/\/bookazine.com.hk\/products\/what-great-paintings-say-masterpieces-in-detail","provider":"Bookazine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}