How to Look at a Painting?

How to Look at a Painting? From Giotto to Chagall: Paintings and Painters, which examines the works of many painters, from Giotto di Bondone, the pioneer of Renaissance painting who developed a new way of seeing when looking at a painting, to Marc Chagall, considered the father of fantastic art of the twentieth century, is among the still-current texts of art historian Lionello Venturi. Venturi examines the evolution of art and ways of seeing art through its development process with a plain narrative and explanatory interpretations.

The book, which begins by discussing art's relationship with religion, provides comprehensive information on how the viewer's perception of paintings changed during the period leading up to the emergence of abstract and fantastic art. The text also explains how the concepts of physical beauty and moral beauty are interpreted in art. How to Look at a Painting? From Giotto to Chagall: Paintings and Painters, which appeals to every reader interested in art, serves as a qualified guide for those who want to interpret paintings within the Renaissance-Modernism axis.