作者	PeggyRoalf
出版社
出版时间	2005-07-01

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LOOKINGATPAINTINGSisaseriesofbooksdesignedtopresentmanydifferentpainters'viewsofasinglesubject.Hereisavisualfeastofpaintings,eachofwhichshowsussomethingaboutwhatgreatartistsseewhentheypaint.InHore,PeggyRoalfleadsreadersonapersonalgallerytourofnineteenfavoritepaintingsofhorses.FromtheworkofanunknownprehistoricartisttoRaphael,FredericRemington,BillTraylor,andothers,eachartist'svisionandinterpreationofthehorseisunique.SomeimmortalizethestrengthandpowerthatresultsfromthepartnershipformedbetweenborseandjockeyandawarriorandhismountasshowninEdouardManet'sRaceatLongchampandRemington'sBlanketSignal.Others,suchasBenjaminMarshall'sFavoriteChestnutHunterofLavyFrancesStephens,celebratetheanimals'sheerphysicalbeautyandtheintenseolvetheirownersfeltforthem.Toseethroughtheeyesofmanoftheworld'sgreatestpaintersistoseewiththeimaginationaswell.HorsesintheLOOKINGATPAINTINGSseriesisabookthatinspiresyoungreaderstoobservetheirworldandtousetheirimaginationtoseelikeapainter.