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Stealing the Mona Lisa: What Art Stops Us from Seeing Hardback - 2003

by Darian Leader

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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.

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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.

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  • Title Stealing the Mona Lisa: What Art Stops Us from Seeing
  • Author Darian Leader
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 190
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Counterpoint LLC, New York
  • Publication date 2003
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781582432359 / 158243235X
  • Weight 0.78 lbs (0.35 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.48 x 5.76 x 0.8 in (21.54 x 14.63 x 2.03 cm)
  • Category Art & Art Instruction
  • Library of Congress subjects Art appreciation, Psychoanalysis and art
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2002154142
  • Dewey Decimal Code 701.15
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