Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains

Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

HARDCOVER Very Good-Crisp, clean, unread book with some shelfwear/edgewear, may have a remainder mark-NICE Oversized.

HARDCOVER Very Good-Crisp, clean, unread book with some shelfwear/edgewear, may have a remainder mark-NICE Oversized.

HARDCOVER Acceptable-This is a significantly damaged book. It should be

HARDCOVER Acceptable-This is a significantly damaged book. It should be considered a reading copy only. Please order this book only if you are interested in the content and not the condition. May be ex-library. Oversized.

European painting has long aspired to hold a mirror to nature--and in so

European painting has long aspired to hold a mirror to nature--and in so doing has taken up the challenge of representing the effects of light on reflective surfaces. In this beautiful book, Jonathan Miller investigates the pictorial representation of sheen, shine, glimmer, and gleam through a wonderfully varied selection of paintings and photographs drawn from the National Gallery, London, and other international collections. Miller describes our perceptual opacity to recognize real-life mirrors as well as those in pictures, a complex psychological process of which we are usually unaware. He also traces the ambivalent imagery of mirrors from neutral aids to representing the self, as in Rembrandt's Self Portrait or Velazquez' Rokeby Venus, through metaphors of either virtues or vices in allegorical paintings--such as Le Tournier's Allegory of Justice and Vanity and Otto Dix's Woman Before a Mirror. The extent to which a surface reflects a recognizable image varies enormously, and Miller investigates the full range, from the diffuse sheen of polished leather or burnished copper to the representational realism of silvered glass. He shows that the depiction of such variously reflective surfaces has challenged the virtuosity of artists as diverse as Rembrant and Rockwell for more than two thousand years. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks. Wrapped in complimentary Brodart dust jacket protector.

Art. XL. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 224 pages. 9 1/8"w x 11 1/4"h. Slight edge wear to dust jacket.

Art. XL. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 224 pages. 9 1/8"w x 11 1/4"h. Slight edge wear to dust jacket.

In shrink wrap.

In shrink wrap.

Size: 148x12x188; New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Size: 148x12x188; New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!