How to look at a painting
Presents advice on ways to examine a painting to gain a better understanding of its meaning.
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Frances Lincoln Ltd.,
c2010.
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| 100 | 1 | |a Barbe-Gall, Françoise. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a How to look at a painting / |c Françoise Barbe-Gall ; [translated from the French by Stewart Spencer]. |
| 260 | |a London : |b Frances Lincoln Ltd., |c c2010. | ||
| 300 | |a 311 p. : |b col. ill. ; |c 22 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-307) and index. | ||
| 500 | |a Originally published in French in 2006 as Comment regarder un tableau. | ||
| 520 | |a Presents advice on ways to examine a painting to gain a better understanding of its meaning. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Observing a simple reality: -- Discovering the essence of a character -- Confronting the truth of emotions -- Guessing what remains unsaid -- Feeling a sense of deja vu -- Believing you are at the cinema -- Recognizing the substance of the world; -- Contemplating the sublime: -- Taking part at an important event -- Flirting with the idea of perfection -- Feeling time stand still -- Accepting that we cannot see everything -- A moment's grace -- Witnessing the birth of light; -- Analyzing distortions to the visible world: -- Imagining the point of eternity -- Discerning the troubles of history -- Sensing a metamorphosis -- Glimpsing primitive nature -- Adapting to circumstances -- Abandoning the evidence; -- Taking account of what appears confusing: -- Making allowances for mystery -- Taking time to be wrong -- Appreciating a way of thinking -- Measuring the difficulty of seeing -- Welcoming a new freedom -- Feeling our way to reality; -- Getting over the shock of our first impression: -- Considering the function of a painting -- Seizing the grandeur of a ritual -- Passing through the mirror -- Understanding the logic of a vision -- Seeing life unravel -- Gaining access to the opposite side of things; -- Abandoning ourselves to the gentleness of a painting: -- Abandoning our fear of shadows -- Seeing history in the making -- Forgetting the weight of the world -- Enjoying a lasting peace -- Welcoming the ephemeral -- Learning to wait. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Painting |x Appreciation. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Art appreciation. | |
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