MASTERPIECES IN DETAIL

Masterpieces under the microscopeFrom the Ancient Greeks to the Modernists: paintings' hidden secretsrevealed"Amazingly informative and readable... An important addition to art historyliterature." - The Sanford Herald, United States Is the bride pregnant? What are clogs doing on a marriage picture? Why isjust one candle burning in the chandelier? And what does the mirror in thebackground reveal? Rose-Marie and Rainer Hagen provide answers to these andother questions about 100 world-famous works of art. Guiding our eye torevealing details, they also shed fascinating light on fashions andlifestyles, loves and intrigues, politics and people, and transform ourencounter with art into exciting adventure. Vol. 1: From Antiquity to the Renaissance Vol. 2: From Rembrandt to Rivera