How Art Works - Of Questions and Answers

Art develops its effect through contemplation. Even before we interpret it, we grasp it by means of inspired seeing, by "feeling our way," thus giving rise to an opinion. It precedes an interpretation of the content-and the interplay of form and content becomes the experience of art. Unlike classic guidebooks, this publication is dedicated to the aesthetic experience, which the comparative contemplation and presentation of masterpieces from the Gemäldegalerie and Bode Museum focuses on beyond the boundaries of art forms. The sensual experience of art via forms, surfaces, materiality, movement, and their significance is curated for readers based on some fifty selected works over various epochs and clearly communicated in numerous close-up photographs.

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María López-Fanjul y Díez del Corral, Christine Seidel

Summary

Art develops its effect through contemplation. Even before we interpret it, we grasp it by means of inspired seeing, by "feeling our way," thus giving rise to an opinion. It precedes an interpretation of the content—and the interplay of form and content becomes the experience of art. Unlike classic guidebooks, this publication is dedicated to the aesthetic experience, which the comparative contemplation and presentation of masterpieces from the Gemäldegalerie and Bode Museum focuses on beyond the boundaries of art forms. The sensual experience of art via forms, surfaces, materiality, movement, and their significance is curated for readers based on some fifty selected works over various epochs and clearly communicated in numerous close-up photographs.

Product details

• Assisted by: Marí López-Fanjul y Díez del Corral (Editor), María López-Fanjul y Díez del Corral (Editor), Staatlich Museen zu Berlin Preussischer Kul (Editor), Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Editor), Seidel (Editor), Seidel (Editor), Christine Seidel (Editor)
• Publisher: Deutscher Kunstverlag
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.07.2022
• EAN: 9783422983038
• ISBN: 978-3-422-98303-8
• No. of pages: 156
• Dimensions: 250 mm x 12 mm x 272 mm
• Weight: 868 g
• Illustrations: 145 col. ill., ca. 145 farbige Abb.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Kunstgeschichte, Künste, Bildende Kunst allgemein, Ausstellungskatalog, Theory of art, The arts: general issues, ART006000 ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, Conservation, restoration & care of artworks, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin