On Reflection

by Jonathan Miller

In this marvelous & engaging book, Jonathan Miller investigates the pictorial representation of sheen, shine, glimmer an gleam through a wonderfully varied selection of paintings & photographs drawn... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300077130
• ISBN13: 9780300077131
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: National Gallery London
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.2" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

An erudite, stimulating, beautifully illustrated book.

'On Reflection' is a highly erudite, constantly stimulating, beautifully (and always aptly) illustrated book. Miller has that rare gift of being able to share and indeed pass on his own limitless curiosity about phenomena we normally take for granted: in this case reflections in life and art. Since reading the book I have found myself looking anew at familiar paintings, staring intensely at objects in my house and the world outside, and finding myself more disconcerted than usual when catching a glimpse of myself in a mirror. Reading the book is akin to hearing Jonathan Miller talk: gently, amusingly, non-dogmatically, and always illuminatingly. When you add to that the rich and varied illustrations, the combination is unbeatable!