The Most Famous Masterpieces of the World Portrait

In this book, the reader will become acquainted with the most famous portraits created over five centuries. Portrait art is a painting genre that emerged before still life or landscape. It took shape during the Renaissance and was brought to life by the interest in man and his spiritual life. Not all art lovers can see great paintings in the original; thanks to this book, the reader will be able to see the faces of people from the past, distant from us yet strangely close – like the doge Leonardo Loredan in Giovanni Bellini's portrait. Great people of ancient times were warriors and patrons...