Tal Sterngast. Twelve Paintings

? A new view of old ? Successful series from the taz ? A pleasurable reading of great paintings

Cover Preface: Michael Eissenhauer Introduction: Tal Sterngast The Museum as a Safe Space / Amor Vincit Omnia (1601–02) by Caravaggio Body Painting / Susanna and the Elders (1647) by Rembrandt van Rijn The Conspiracy of Painting / Joseph Accused by Potiphar’s Wife (1655) by Rembrandt van Rijn Through a Glass Wall / Woman with a Pearl Necklace (1663–65) by Jan Vermeer The Creativity of Women / Prince Heinrich Lubomirski as the Genius of Fame (1787–88) by Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun The Vertigo of Time / The Melun Diptych (ca. 1455) by Jean Fouquet The Architecture of Heaven / The Madonna in the Church (ca. 1440) by Jan van Eyck Zooming In / The Presentation of Christ in the Temple (ca. 1454) by Andrea Mantegna Shadow of Existence / Self-Portrait I and II (1649 and 1650) by Nicolas Poussin Nature’s Plan / Landscape with St. Matthew and the Angel (1640) by Nicolas Poussin In Search of the Wild Man / Landscape with Satyr Family (1507) by Albrecht Altdorfer The True Image / The Holy Face of Christ–Vera Icon (ca. 1420) by an unknown Westphalian artist List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Colophon