A NEW WAY OF SEEING: THE HISTORY OF ART IN 57 WORKS

What makes great art great? Why do some works pulse in the imagination, generation after generation, century after century? From Botticellis Birth of Venus to Picassos Guernica, some paintings and sculptures have become so famous, so much a part of who we are, that we no longer really look at them. We take their greatness for granted, our eyes have become near-obsolete. We need a new way of seeing. Unsatisfied with traditional interpretations of masterpieces, which are so often interested only in learning about art, and not from it, ...[Llegir més]