Das Who is who der Bildmotive : der Taschenführer fürs Museum

by Marcus Lodwick, Christiane Court (Übersetzer), Rita Seuß (Übersetzer)

From Achilles to Zephyr, from Abraham to Ursula, The Gallery Companion provides a complete background to the classical and biblical knowledge necessary for a fuller appreciation of paintings.

Genres: Art, Reference, Nonfiction, History, Mythology

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Marcus Lodwick has a doctorate in ancient Greek architecture from the University of Oxford. He is currently engaged on further Classical research, and frequently leads archaeological tours to the ancient sites of the Greek and Roman world.

Reviews

[Jimmie Harris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Read! A must have when you visit the museums while on vacation or in your home town.

[Patricia · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very handy art guide to bring with you to the museum. It's useful for looking up subjects and symbols in Greek and biblical paintings. I recommend this book for artists and classical art lovers!

[Roman Stadtler · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice compact guide to 150 of the classic paintings from the Western Art canon (no, not cowboy art! Though there's a fine tradition; I was impressed with the The National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, OK). Major themes, contextualization with previous & following works, and artist are explored, briefly. There are good, albeit small, color pictures of the paintings.

[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's not really a guide to Western Art. It's less about the art than a guide to Greek Myths & Biblical stories - the barebones of the dramatic myths & stories - with the drama of a good story sucked out. Makes you want to read more or revisit those stories though.

[Jacob]

awesome book for snippets about mythological, biblical and allegorical subjects in art (i keep it in the bathroom for convenient studying)

[Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Informative and sometimes amusing.

[Alatea · Rating 3 out of 5]

Jag lärde mig mycket nytt ^^

[Janine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Helped a lot to pass the exam for icons