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Behind the Picture

Martin Kemp • Yale University Press • ISBN 9780300082814

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Behind the Picture

Martin Kemp • Yale University Press • ISBN-13 9780300082814

ISBN-10 0300082819 • 2011

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ISBN 9780300082814 • Completeness 51

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The Roman author Pliny tells the story—well known in the Renaissance—of the famed Grecian painter Apelles hiding behind one of his pictures to overhear t...

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Publisher: Yale University Press
Jan 10, 2011
Pages: 324

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Contributor: Martin Kemp

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Category: Art And ScienceCategory: Art HistoryCategory: History Of PaintingCategory: Renaissance ArtCategory: Technical Art HistoryCategory: Visual PerceptionCategory: Visual CultureCategory: Art Science

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