Picture Titles: How and Why Western Paintings Acquired Their Names

by Ruth Bernard Yeazell

How the practice of titling paintings has shaped their reception throughout modern history

A picture's title is often our first guide to understanding the image. Yet paintings didn't always have titles, and many canvases acquired their names from curators, dealers, and printmakers--not the artists. Taking an original, historical look at how Western paintings were named, Picture Titles shows how the practice developed in response...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691165270
• ISBN13: 9780691165271
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 9.3"