The Eye
An Insider’s Memoir of Masterpieces, Money, and the Magnetism of Art

‘An insider’s memoir of masterpieces, money, and the magnetism of Art’ Author Philippe Costamagna is a specialist in sixteenth-century Italian painting and director of the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Ajaccio, Corsica. He is the author of a book on the Florentine Renaissance painter Jacopo da Pontormo. Th......more

"Like a good diagnostician, knowing by touch, experience, and instinct, more than by technology, whether there’s a disease, what it might be, and how it can be treated, an Eye—as such an investigator is known in the field—brings patience, experience, and intuitive skills to detection." -- Barbara A.......more

Se in profumeria ci sono i nasi, come ricorda lo storico dell’arte Philippe Costamagna in questo saggio autobiografico, in materia di arti figurative, soprattutto di pittura, ci sono gli occhi, con funzioni però diverse: non creative, bensì storico-stilistiche, finalizzate, in primo luogo, all’attri......more

Gorgeous What a great understanding of how to appreciate art this book gives, I doubt most understand that those who understand works are students of multiple disciplines. I love this book......more