Discusses the nature of painting, its relationship to perception and cultural tradition, and its ability to convey meaning beyond mere pictorial representation
A beautiful catalog of the exhibition shown at the Honolulu Academy of Arts and at Japan House Gallery, New York, in 1980-81. Fully illustrated with 50 color/black & white plates and 54 black...
Artist, architect, poet and philosopher, Leon Battista Alberti revolutionized the history of art with his theories of perspective in On Painting (1435). Inspired by the order and beauty inherent in...