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Daniel ArasseHistoires de peintures (history of paintings)
34 EUROS
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Hans Theys’ selection for his storefront.
“In this book, Arasse speaks admirably of Italian paintings, especially of the mystery of details invisible to the viewer, such as a buttonhole-shaped navel of Mary in an Annunciation hanging high in a Palazzo. Why would painters do such things? Arasse does not answer the question. Walter Swennen, consulted by me on this enigma, replied: ‘because they paint for God’.
I mention Daniel Arasse in this text about the work of Walter Swennen, written in 2016.” Hans Theys
- Daniel Arasse
- Folio essais
- Language French
- Release2006
- Pages368
- Format17.8 x 10.8 cm
- ISBN9782070320813