What Great Paintings Say: Old Masters in Detail, Volume 1Why should a banker, two actresses and a seamstress meet at a riverside restaurant? What was the Impressionist who painted them trying to capture? And did he have enough money to pay for his lunch? These are the kinds of questions applied to the masterpieces collected in this book. The result is an unusual account of trends and lifestyles of times past as reflected in great works of art. |
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Preface | 7 |
The splendours of a small dynasty | 21 |
Composure in the face of misfortune | 39 |
Copyright | |
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