先ずは、「日本人の好み」で、「偏って選ぶ」のではなく、
「西洋人の精神」を学ぶために・・・
「西洋人の選定眼」で、観る楽しみを、目指したい！
昔は「教養」というものがあった。
幻想なのかも知れないが、
無知だったので、
必死に、背伸びして、良く解らずに、学んでいった。
1977年の新婚旅行で、
イタリアのアッシジの「ジオットのフレスコ画」、
・・・日本画と通じるものも、この「中世の絵」には感じられた
パリ郊外のシャルトル大聖堂を訪れた、
動機になった。
「日本の美」とは、「全く、別の世界」が、そこに存在した。
それこそが「キリスト教」美術だった。
50 Paintings You Should Know
This latest volume in a successful series is a tour of the most important Western paintings since the Renaissance.
Spanning seven centuries, this selection of fifty iconic paintings offers readers a crash course in art history while presenting gorgeous color reproductions that are a pleasure to contemplate. Starting with Giotto’s Arena Chapel frescoes and continuing through Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus, da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring, as well as works by Monet, van Gogh, Cassatt, Cézanne, Dalí, Kahlo, Hopper, Pollock, Rothko, and O’Keeffe, nearly every important painter is represented in this book. It features works that may be familiar to the eye, but whose histories are even more fascinating. Readers will learn about the painters who created them, the reasons for their importance and the places the paintings can be found. As entertaining as it is informative, this beautiful book is the perfect introduction to great paintings that have stood the test of time.
Spanning seven centuries, this selection of fifty iconic paintings offers readers a crash course in art history while presenting gorgeous color reproductions that are a pleasure to contemplate. Starting with Giotto’s Arena Chapel frescoes and continuing through Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus, da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring, as well as works by Monet, van Gogh, Cassatt, Cézanne, Dalí, Kahlo, Hopper, Pollock, Rothko, and O’Keeffe, nearly every important painter is represented in this book. It features works that may be familiar to the eye, but whose histories are even more fascinating. Readers will learn about the painters who created them, the reasons for their importance and the places the paintings can be found. As entertaining as it is informative, this beautiful book is the perfect introduction to great paintings that have stood the test of time.