The titles of artworks can often be misleading, and their
relationship to a painting or sculpture difficult to discern.
Often, a title requires previous knowledge of history, religion or
mythology. Sometimes, the title reflects the ownership or history
of the painting, its subjects or patrons, but does not explain
them. Many titles are allusive and by their nature open ended - for
example, ""The Escape"" does not explain the cause, the motivation,
or anything else about the escape. Finally, some titles defy all
logic and seem to have little to do with the artwork.This
dictionary of 3,000 works of art explains the meaning behind the
titles. The titles, mostly of paintings and sculpture, but also of
some less traditional media, are arranged alphabetically by
original title or English title (with post - 18th century French,
German, Italian, Spanish, and Russian works usually given in their
own language, and occasionally other works as well); each entry
provides an English title when necessary, the artist's name, when
known, the date of creation, the present location unless a work is
not extant, and an explanation of the title. A bibliography and an
index of artists are included.
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