| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
192 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Icon editions
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| Contents |
The attribution of paintings: some case histories -- Collaboration between artists: Masaccio and Masolino -- Deciding the limits of an artist's work: Piero della Francesca -- Cutting through mystery and legend: Giorgione -- Reconstructing how works were displayed: Raphael's tapestries in the Sistine Chapel -- A forgotten artist rediscovered: Georges De La Tour -- Disguised meaning in pictures: Vermeer and Velasquez -- Forgery and its detection: the hand of Hans van Meegeren -- Understanding a modern picture: Picasso's Guernica. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 183-188. |
| Subject |
Art -- History.
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| ISBN |
0064384756 (paperback) |
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0064300749 |
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