Picture Titles How and Why Western Paintings Acquired Their Names |
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| Author:
| Yeazell, Ruth Bernard |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-16527-1 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2015 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $37.00 |
Book Description:
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A picture's title is often our first guide to understanding the image. Yet paintings didn't always have titles, and many canvases acquired their names from curators, dealers, and printmakers--not the artists. Taking an original, historical look at how Western paintings were named, Picture Titles shows how the practice developed in response to the c
A picture's title is often our first guide to understanding the image. Yet paintings didn't always have titles, and many canvases acquired their names from curators, dealers, and printmakers--not the artists. Taking an original, historical look at how Western paintings were named, Picture Titles shows how the practice developed in response to the c