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Understanding paintings
themes in art explored and explained
By Sturgis, Alexander & Clayson, Hollis
- ISBN
- 978-0-82305-579-1
- Publisher
- New York : Watson-Guptill, 2000.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 2000
Sturgis (curator, London's National Gallery) and Clayton (art history, Northwestern Univ.) have collaborated on a remarkably trenchant and accessible popular art book that recounts the history of painting on a thematic and topical basis. Rather than focusing on important epochs or "big" names, the authors slice the time line into nine categories: religious painting, mythology, the nude, history painting, portraiture, lan...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
