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Lovers in art

2013
Book
Drawing on five centuries of artistic expression, this lushly illustrated and beautifully designed celebration of romance is the perfect keepsake for lovers young and old. How many ways can you paint a kiss? Ask Picasso, Lichtenstein, Toulouse-Lautrec, Klimt, and Fragonard. Rediscover mythology's great love stories through the works of Botticelli, Correggio, Titian, and Canova. Meet ordinary and extraordinary couples in paintings by Kahlo, Van Eyck, Rubens, Rembrandt, Freud, and Rossetti. These are just some of the bounty of artists collected in this glorious book, featuring brilliantly colored reproductions and love-inspired writings. Organized to show the progression of love from first meeting to marriage, this exquisite volume travels the centuries through various artistic traditions. The stories these artists tell are as varied as the works themselves: sentimental, tragic, intellectual, ironic, sensual, and comic. For lovers of art, or just lovers, this book gloriously illustrates the endless facets of love.
Main title:
Lovers in art / selected by Franziska Stegmann with foreword by Bettina Schümann ; [translated from the German by Jane Michael].
Imprint:
London : Prestel, 2013.
Collation:
126 p. : chiefly ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.
Notes:
Translated from the German by Jane Michael.Translated from the German.
Shelving notes:
28659 0000049320 1 10-07-2013 99 nyctro 11-07-2013 7
ISBN:
9783791348186 (hbk)3791348183
Dewey class:
700.4543
LC class:
N8220
Language:
EnglishGerman
BRN:
192849
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
narrm ngarrgu Library and Family Services-Art and CultureARTS 700.4543 LOVEOn loan - Due: 12 Jul 2026
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