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Unlock hidden stories within masterpieces, revealing bygone eras and cultures.

What Great Paintings Say

Masterpieces in Detail

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  • Hardcover

    664 pages

  • Release Date

    21 March 2016

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Summary

This important addition to our understanding of art history’s masterworks puts some of the world’s most famous paintings under a magnifying glass to uncover their most small and subtle elements and all they reveal about a bygone time, place, and culture.

Guiding our eye to the minutiae of subject and symbolism, authors Rose-Marie and Rainer Hagen allow even the most familiar of pictures to come alive anew through their intricacies and intrigues. Is the bride pregnant? Why does the man…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9783836559263
ISBN-10:3836559269
Author:Rainer & Rose-Marie Hagen, TASCHEN
Publisher:Taschen GmbH
Imprint:Taschen GmbH
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:664
Release Date:21 March 2016
Weight:1.02kg
Dimensions:45mm x 140mm x 195mm
Series:Bibliotheca Universalis
A-Format
What Great Paintings Say by Rainer & Rose-Marie Hagen - ISBN: 9783836559263
140 × 195 mm
B-Format
C-Format
A4
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Critics Review

“An informative, stylish book, full of intriguing detail. The authors’ sheer love of art shines through each text and the reproductions are sumptuous.”

An informative, stylish book, full of intriguing detail. The authors’ sheer love of art shines through each text and the reproductions are sumptuous. * The Good Book Guide *

About The Author

Rainer & Rose-Marie Hagen

Rose-Marie Hagen (1928 - 2022) was born in Switzerland and studied history, Romance languages, and literature in Lausanne. After further studies in Paris and Florence, she lectured at the American University in Washington, D.C.

Rainer Hagen was born in Hamburg and graduated in literature and theater studies in Munich. He later worked for radio and TV, most recently as chief editor of a German public broadcasting service.

Together they have collaborated on several TASCHEN titles, including Masterpieces in Detail, Pieter Bruegel, and Francisco de Goya.

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