The Meaning of Pictures: Hb: Personal, Social and Political Identity

by Peter Lord

Why do Welsh pictures painted between the eighteenth and the twentieth centuries still matter today? This volume is mainly concerned with how pictures are understood by the people who use them--including patrons, museum curators, and the general public--rather than by the painters who paint them. The Meaning of Pictures discusses different aspects of painting unified by this common theme, including such topics as eighteenth-century painting,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0708322212
• ISBN13: 9780708322215
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.6" x 9.9"