A comprehensive yet accessible sourcebook for curators and amateurs alike that examines the finer points of 100 well-known works of art

Great paintings cannot be fully understood in a single encounter. Art lovers want to revisit and reconsider the masterpieces again and again throughout their lives, perceiving in greater depth and possibly modifying their value judgments every time they look at a work. Viewing a painting as a whole is a perfectly acceptable method of interacting with art, but a deeper understanding can only be gained by analyzing the painting in detail.

"Art in Detail" spotlights these finer points that even connoisseurs may not pick up on quickly or perhaps at all. It covers all the minutiae that a quick glance will almost certainly fail to reveal. These include subtle internal details, such as hidden symbols and artistic tricks employed by the painter to achieve particular effects. In addition, Susie Hodge writes intelligently and informatively about relevant external influences on the artist―everything from the broad socio-economic context in which he or she flourished, to smaller local difficulties, such as the level of air pollution at the time the painting was created. This book examines 100 paintings from artists such as Pollock, Courbet, Monet, Mondrian, El Greco, van Eyck, and many others.

蘇西·霍奇（Susie Hodge, 1960- ）英國人，文學碩士。是一名藝術史學傢、作傢、藝術傢，以及新聞記者，皇傢藝術協會會員。她參與編著的書籍超過100本，其中包括《為什麼你5歲的孩子做不到》《我的大型藝術展》以及《為什麼藝術作品中總是有裸體人物？》等書，均由泰晤士與哈德遜齣版社齣版。此外，她經常參與播音和電視新聞以及紀錄片節目的錄製，兩次被《獨立報》評選為排名第一的藝術作傢。