Man as Hero: The Human Figure in Western Art by Pierce Rice

Man as Hero: The Human Figure in Western Art

Pierce Rice

160 pages first pub 1987 (editions)

informative reflective medium-paced

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As he takes his argument through several categories, including the cherub, the celebration of victory, and the Virgin as Mother, there are some unexpected artists in the pantheon: not only Michelangelo, Veronese, Fragonard, and Winslow Homer but a...

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