Stealing the Mona Lisa : what art stops us from Seeing
$20.00 USD • Used
cloth, dust jacket, x, 190 pages : illustrations, as new copy. Leader explores the psychology of looking at visual art. This is a book about why we look at art and what we might be hoping to find....
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cloth, dust jacket, x, 190 pages : illustrations, as new copy. Leader explores the psychology of looking at visual art. This is a book about why we look at art and what we might be hoping to find.
From Publisher:
When the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre in 1911, it was twenty-four hours before anyone noticed it was missing. Afterward, countless people flocked to see the empty space where it had once been on display. What could have drawn these crowds to stare at a blank wall? Many of them had never seen the painting in the first place. Can this tell us something about why we look at art, why artists create it, and why it has to be so expensive? Taking this story as his starting point, Darian Leader explores the psychology of looking at paintings and sculpture. He combines anecdote, observation, and analysis with examples taken from classical and contemporary art. This is a book about why we look at art, and what, indeed, we might be hoping to find.Product Info
ISBN: 158243235X
ISBN-13: 9781582432359
Publisher: Counterpoint
Year: 2002
Type: Used
Binding: Hardcover
First Edition
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Website: https://www.bagbooks.com
Country: Canada
