Closer Look: Faces

Informationen zum Autor Alexander Sturgis is director of the Holburne Museum of Art in Bath, and formerly Exhibitions Curator at the National Gallery, London. His publications include Telling Time and Rebels and Martyrs: The Image of the Artist in the Nineteenth Century . Klappentext How faces are captured shows in striking ways the artistic aims of those who painted them. But how can the depiction of a face suggest a personality? This book tackles this and other questions, and introduces such issues as the ideals of beauty and how portrait painters have captured a likeness and convey character. Zusammenfassung How faces are captured shows in striking ways the artistic aims of those who painted them. But how can the depiction of a face suggest a personality? This book tackles this and other questions! and introduces such issues as the ideals of beauty and how portrait painters have captured a likeness and convey character.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Alexander Sturgis
• Editore: Yale University Press Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 20.11.2009
• EAN: 9781857094640
• ISBN: 978-1-85709-464-0
• Pagine: 96
• Serie: A Closer Look; Closer Look; National Gallery London Publications; A Closer Look; Closer Look
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Arte figurativa