Start with a free close look
Look Closer.
A four-page guide to noticing more in a painting, using Böcklin’s mysterious island as your starting point.
- Follow a small detail through the whole picture.
- Compare two authentic painted versions.
- Separate what you notice from what the evidence establishes.
Go a little further
Look Again.
Six paintings. Six mysteries. A 22-page illustrated guide with close details, looking exercises and a source trail.
From Vermeer’s reflective sphere to Klee’s black surface, discover how an ordinary-looking feature can change your understanding of a picture.
Explore the book & sample pages ↗US$12 · Digital PDF · Available now
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The Art Detail Notes is planned as one useful email a month: an artwork, a question, and somewhere to look next.
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