ARGONAUT BOOKS

Luminous ... Laqueur takes us on a wonderfully illustrated tour of dogs in art, from the shitting cur in Rembrandt's etching The Good Samaritan to the Jeff Koons balloon dog, by way of cinema superstar Lassie. His special interest, though, is for those places where dogs are engaged in an act of looking ... by the end of this clever, beautiful book, Laqueur has persuasively made his point that the dog's function in western art is to provide an entry-point or alter ego for viewers who might otherwise feel overwhelmed or outclassed ... [it is] a brilliant interpretation of their role at heartGuar...Read More