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全書包含700張細部放大圖
【Art in Detail: 100 Masterpieces】
《細看藝術：100件大師傑作的秘密》
@Thames & Hudson原文書
@全彩平裝/432頁/開本21.9 x 23.4 cm
@作者：Susie Hodge
本書帶領讀者拿起放大鏡仔細檢視100件西方藝術傑作的細節，有些透露了藝術家的技巧或心思，有些藏著驚人的故事，有些與歷史背景有關，還有一些可能是連熟悉這些作品的專家都不知道的。不論你是第一次見到這些作品，還是已經見過100次，本書都能幫您大大提高欣賞藝術的深度與樂趣。
偉大的藝術作品只欣賞一次往往無法全然理解，藝術愛好者只要有機會都會想要一再回顧傑作，重新審視思考，獲得益發深刻的感受，甚至產生不同的評價。通常看畫是從整體的角度來欣賞，但有時必須對畫的細部進行分析，才能得到更深的理解。
在這本書中，藝術史學者Susie Hodge帶領讀者細看100幅世界藝術名作，揭露作品中最不容易察覺、連行家都可能忽略的細微之處，包括隱藏在畫面底下的特殊細節、符號等，以及其中代表的意義。本書收錄的100件傑作按照年代先後，從14世紀喬托的濕壁畫《三王來朝》開始，到21世紀寶拉‧雷戈的粉彩畫《國王之死》為止，其間的西方美術巨匠如卡拉瓦喬、波拉克、庫爾貝、莫內、蒙德里安、范艾克等無一遺漏，針對每一幅作品進行如實而不帶成見的說明，也藉此呈現出西方繪畫從古至今一脈相承的傳統。
Great paintings cannot be fully understood in a single encounter; there is always more to be derived from them. Art lovers may revisit and reconsider the masterpieces throughout their lives, but a deeper understanding can only be gained by analysing the painting in detail, be it the placement of the subject, the lighting, the style of brushstrokes or the themes.
《Art in Detail》 examines 100 iconic paintings from the Western canon and spotlights the finer points a quick glance will almost certainly fail to reveal. These include subtle internal details, such as hidden symbols and artistic tricks employed by the painter to achieve particular effects. In addition, Susie Hodge writes intelligently about external influences on the artist – everything from the socioeconomic context in which he or she flourished, to smaller local difficulties, such as the level of air pollution at the time the painting was created. And she treats each of her subjects not only, to quote Matthew Arnold, ‘as in itself it really is’, but also as part of a tradition that links the oldest painting to the most recent, as artists pass a metaphorical baton down through the ages.
