2 volumes (769 pages) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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Note
In slipcase.
Contents
v. 1. From antiquity to the Renaissance -- v. 2. From Rembrandt to Rivera.
Summary
The lovely Jewish widow Judith, who beheaded an Assyian leader because he had threatened the lives of her people, was held up as a shining example by religious fanatics. Caravaggio's subject was highly typical of the time of the Counter-Reformation. Rose-Marie and Rainer Hagen provide answers to these and other questions about 100 world-famous works of art. Guiding our eye to revealing details, they also shed fascinating light on fashions and lifestyles, loves and intrigues, politics and people, and transform our encounter with art into exciting adventures.
