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On Reflection

Door Jonathan Miller

Categorie
Algemeen Kunst
Boeknummer
#398855-LA1
Titel
On Reflection
Auteur
Miller, Jonathan
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
London : National Gallery Publications Limited
Jaar van uitgave
1998
ISBN10
0300077130
ISBN13
9780300077131
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original green boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated endpapers, numerous (full page) illustrations in colour, 4to.
Samenvatting
How can we tell the difference between a reflection and the real thing? How does a reflection betray its identity? Why is it that when we look at a mirror we can see either our reflection or the mirror but not both at the same time? How and when do we learn to recognise our own reflection? What does a reflective surface look like and how can we distinguish it from a non-reflective surface? Why is it that certain paintings may be turned upside down and still be visually acceptable? How are the various qualities of reflection represented in art - from the diffuse sheen of burnished copper to the realism of silvered glass? In this innovative book, published to accompany the exhibition Mirror Image at the National Gallery, London, Jonathan Miller discusses these puzzling questions and investig... (Lees verder)ates the pictorial representation of reflection - 'sheen, shine, glimmer and gleam' - through a wonderfully varied selection of paintings and photographs, covering nine centuries, drawn from the National Gallery and other international collections.
Pagina's
224
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 20,00

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