Love in Art (Classic Reprint) Mary Knight Potter

Love in Art examines the romantic impulse in the visual arts, using examples both famous and obscure to take the reader on a passionate journey. Mary Knight Potter opens her book with an introduction in which she states that while love is likely the inspiration for more artistic works than anything else, sculptures and paintings rarely receive recognition for being works about the passion of men and women. The purpose of the book is thus to examine love in the visual arts and present a brief synopsis to the reader. The book is divided into chapters, each of which examines a different subject matter. Chapters focus on Greek art, Biblical love stories and their artistic representations, mythological love scenes as painted, wives and lovers of artists, and several other topics. Each section contains references to specific works of art, often times accompanied by an illustration demonstrating the work to the reader. Mary Knight Potter's passion for art is apparent from the... Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Love in Art (Classic Reprint) (Mary Knight Potter)