GEORGES DE LA TOUR. THE EUROPE IN THE LIGHT

The relationship in the 17th century between Italian painting and northern European artists was evident to scholars, from the beginn ing of the 20th century, especially with regard to luminous inventions. Published on the occasion of the extraordinary exhibition, t he book is devoted to the Lorraine painter and his contemporary masters, and proposes a series of comparisons and reflections on pai nting from nature and on light experiments that accompanied its diffusion in Europe.The volume is divided into five sections (Mary M agdalene...[Read more]