The Grove Book of Art Writing: Brilliant Words on Art from Pliny the Elder to Damien Hirst

Author:   Martin Gayford ,  Karen Wright
Publisher:   Black Cat
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9780802137203


Pages:   640
Publication Date:   31 August 2000
Format:   Paperback
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The Grove Book of Art Writing: Brilliant Words on Art from Pliny the Elder to Damien Hirst


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Discussing the visual arts successfully in words is often held to be an impossible task. In fact it is merely difficult. And since the days of the ancient Greeks, many writers of all kinds have taken up the challenge -- not only art critics but novelists, poets, gossips, artists, and essayists. In The Grove Book of Art Writing, Martin Gayford and Karen Wright have collected the best and most lively attempts to pin it down, in a single-volume cornucopia of writing on art. From Vasari and Freud on why Mona Lisa smiles, to Adolf Hitler on the degeneracy of modernism, to Picasso on how to measure the depiction of the female body, art historians, art critics, artists, as well as the aforementioned weigh in on what makes art so wonderful, frustrating, what makes it art. From the deadly serious to the deeply witty, from the sublime to the ridiculous, The Grove Book of Art Writing is an eloquent compendium of insight into the diverse ways the visual arts can be seen and thought about.

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Author:   Martin Gayford ,  Karen Wright
Publisher:   Black Cat
Imprint:   Black Cat
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.830kg
ISBN:  

9780802137203


ISBN 10:   0802137202
Pages:   640
Publication Date:   31 August 2000
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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