The Lingering Look

Estimates of how much time museum visitors spend looking at works of art vary, but they rarely exceed half a minute. Throughout history, artists have recognized that they need to grab viewers' attention and entice them to linger, often through deviations-subtle or overt-from reality. In this book, Marcia Hall guides readers through close looks at more than 40 works of art by celebrated artists from Botticelli to Henri Matisse to Georgia O'Keeffe.