WHAT GREAT PAINTINGS SAY: IN DETAIL (TASCHEN BU)

This book puts some of the world's most famous paintings under a magnifying glass to uncover their most small and subtle elements and all they reveal about a bygone time, place, and culture. Is the bride pregnant? Why does the man wear a beret? How does the shadow of war hang over a scene of dancing? These canvases captivate not only in their sheer wealth of details but also in the witness they bear to the fashions and trends, people and politics, loves and lifestyles of their time.