What Great Artworks Say: Interpreting masterpieces of art

What Great Artworks Say by Christopher P. Jones

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This is the docent tour I should have taken before.

The author, Christopher Jones, looks at various great works of art, ranging from The Scream to Great Wave off Kanagawa to Sunflowers. Jones explains what is in the artwork - things which I missed without them being called out - and why the artwork affects us the way it does. We learn something about the artists and their times. I certainly came out the other end with more knowledge and a thirst to learn more about art, which is saying something since I am a philistine.