Author: Bared, Robert and Pascal Quignard Title: Le Livre Dans la Peinture
Description: Paris, France, Citadelles & Mazenod, 2015. Hardcover. grey boards w/ yellow pictorial dustjacket & yellow printing. 247 pgs w/ bw & color illustrations. text in French. "Panorama of the representation of the book in Western painting, from the Renaissance to the 20th century. Sometimes sacred, sometimes profane, it is used alternately as a symbol of the writer, a metaphor or a precious object. If the object as such is often shown, this is also the case with the act of reading, a shared or individual moment in a quest for knowledge or pleasure."--WorldCat, translated. New (sealed in publisher's wrap; may have rubbing to corners & spine ends) .
Keywords: European Art, French Painting ; European Art ; ;
Price: US$ 100.00 Seller: Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
- Book number: 190815
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