The Hidden Life of Art: Secrets and Symbols in Great Masterpieces

T his captivating book will open your eyes to the messages that great artists convey through symbols and visual codes. As you linger over its stunning pages, you’ll learn how to decipher all manner of hidden clues to the deeper meanings that lie beneath the sublime artistry of a painting’s dazzling surface — and you’ll discover that, in art as in life itself, things are never quite what they seem. From archaic, esoteric vocabularies to deliberate riddles and puzzles, the key to interpreting the meanings embedded in art from ancient Egypt through the modern age is here for you to discover.

• Author
• Clare Gibson

• Format
• hardcover

• Pages
• 208

• Publisher
• Saraband

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9781887354509

• Genres
• art

• Release date
• 2006