Histoires de peintures. Gréco-romain from passionate love to political

from passionate love to political commitment

Études de littérature ancienne 16

the taste for series that he also expressed in his painted and drawn work

"It seems to me that I paint for balanced people

Histoires de peintures. Gréco-romain from passionate love to politicalWith his well known enthusiasm, audacity, and erudition, Daniel Arasse invites us on a journey through the history of painting spanning six centuries, from the invention of perspective to the disappearance of the figure. Evoking major issues (perspective, the Annunciation, the status of detail, the ups and downs of anachronism, restoration, and the conditions of visibility and exhibition), as well as specific painters and paintings, he intelligently