Smile

By Marina Vaizey

Smile is a delightful gift book sure to bring a smile to every readers face! With 48 beautiful colour images drawn from the wide range of collections in The British Museum, it illustrates how the smile has been used in art the world over to great effect for many centuries. Each spread shows a detail of the smile and the full image to place its context. The captions are enlivened by revealing and amusing quotations on the subject of smiles and happiness. Marina Vaizey's introduction examines the concept of the smile in art history and looks at some of art's most famous smiles, from the Mona Lisa to the grinning Cheshire cat in Alice in Wonderland. Elegantly designed and stunningly illustrated, Smile will make the perfect gift book for all ages.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714127817
• ISBN13: 9780714127811
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: British Museum Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.

Customer Reviews

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I received this book from The British Museum with an order I purchased. It was free, and I put it away until recently. I considered selling it, but upon looking inside I changed my mind. This book is simply beautiful. Every other page contains a large image of a piece of artwork containing a smile, with the smile zoomed in on. On the page facing it, you will see a thumbnail image of the full piece of art. This page also contains a description of the piece, what it relates to historically, and occasionally a quotation from poetry or literature. I enjoyed reading it and found Smile very educational.