{"product_id":"take-a-closer-look-daniel-arasse-9780691151540","title":"Take a Closer Look","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat paintings can teach us--if we can really learn to see them\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat happens when we look at a painting? What do we think about? What do we imagine? How can we explain, even to ourselves, what we see or think we see? And how can art historians interpret with any seriousness what they observe? In six engaging, short narrative \"fictions,\" each richly illustrated in color, Daniel Arasse, one of the most brilliant art historians of our time, cleverly and gracefully guides readers through a variety of adventures in seeing, from Vel痙quez to Titian, Bruegel to Tintoretto. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy demonstrating that we don't really see what these paintings are trying to show us, Arasse makes it clear that we need to take a closer look. In chapters that each have a different form, including a letter, an interview, and an animated conversation with a colleague, the book explores how these pictures teach us about ways of seeing across the centuries. In the process, Arasse freshly lays bare the dazzling power of painting. Fast-paced and full of humor as well as insight, this is a book for anyone who cares about really looking at, seeing, and understanding paintings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Arasse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691151547\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691151540\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.01h x 6.92w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2014","brand":"Daniel Arasse","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44059479310591,"sku":"9780691151540","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7c1b0096-7d52-4bfa-82d1-e20005ab1bb5.jpg?v=1685058476","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/take-a-closer-look-daniel-arasse-9780691151540","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}