How to Read a Painting

How to Read a Painting Decoding, Understanding and Enjoying the Old Masters

'How to read a painting' draws the attention to the imagery and the wonderful, apparently inconsequential details in paintings by Giotto, Botticelli, El Greco, Michelangelo, Rubens, Vermeer, Hogarth, Gainsborough and many more. Brief yet illuminating explanations accompany over 900 colour illustrations, providing the means to interpret and enjoy these and many other works.
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Katarzyna Karpinska@anekse
3 stars
Jun 24, 2021