| Stealing the Mona Lisa: What Art Stops Us from Seeing Contributor(s): Leader, Darian (Author) |
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ISBN: 158243235X ISBN-13: 9781582432359 Publisher: Counterpoint LLC OUR PRICE: $23.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2003 Annotation: Art is more about what isn't than what is, as popular psychologist Leader reconsiders art history in a very particular and refreshing way. Photos throughout. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - General - Psychology | Cognitive Psychology & Cognition |
| Dewey: 701.15 |
| LCCN: 2002154142 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.76" W x 8.48" (0.78 lbs) 190 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre in 1911, it was twenty-four hours before anyone noticed it was missing. Afterward, countless people flocked to see the empty space where it had once been on display. What could have drawn these crowds to stare at a blank wall? Many of them had never seen the painting in the first place. Can this tell us something about why we look at art, why artists create it, and why it has to be so expensive? Taking this story as his starting point, Darian Leader explores the psychology of looking at paintings and sculpture. He combines anecdote, observation, and analysis with examples taken from classical and contemporary art. This is a book about why we look at art, and what, indeed, we might be hoping to find. |
