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Looking at works of art can be an enjoyable, exciting or moving experience, but some images-and these are often the most rewarding-require some explanation before they can be fully understood.

Delving into the origins, designs and themes of more than one hundred works from different periods and places, this volume helps us understand how to look at and analyze paintings.

Susan Woodford shows how to read a painting by examining the formal and stylistic devices used by artists, and explores popular themes and subjects and the relationship of paintings to the societies that produced them. A rich glossary of key terms (from art movements and technical terms to religious and classical terminology) completes the volume.

Author

Susan Woodford – was born and educated in the United States. She later moved to London and taught art history and lectured at the British Museum. She has published many books and articles on Greek and Roman art.