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34%OFFSimon Schama - The Power of Art - 9781847921185 - V9781847921185
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The Power of Art

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Description for The Power of Art Paperback. Closes in on intense make-or-break turning points in the lives of eight great artists who, under extreme stress, created something unprecedented, altering the course of art for ever. This title features Caravaggio, Bernini, Rembrandt, David, Turner, Van Gogh, Picasso and Rothko. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 190 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1392.

* 'Great art has dreadful manners...' Simon Schama observes at the start of his epic exploration of the power, and whole point, of art. 'The hushed reverence of the gallery can fool you into believing masterpieces are polite things, visions that soothe, charm and beguile, but actually they are thugs. Merciless and wily, the greatest paintings grab you in a headlock, rough up your composure and then proceed in short order to re-arrange your sense of reality...'

* With the same disarming force, Power of Art jolts us far from the comfort zone of the hushed art gallery, ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847921185
SKU
V9781847921185
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About Simon Schama
Simon Schama is University Professor of Art History and History at Columbia University. His award-winning books, translated into fifteen languages, include Citizens, Landscape and Memory, Rembrandt's Eyes, A History of Britain, The Power of Art, Rough Crossings, The American Future, The Face of Britain and The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words (1000 BCE - 1492). His ... Read more

Reviews for The Power of Art
Packed with noisy enthusiasm, punchy arguments and verbal agility... An excessively gifted communicator, [Schama] knows how to sweep facts and argument into a powerful, fluent narrative
The Independent
Power of Art feels as if it has been written in one breathless burst of enthusiasm, in a prose style that crackles like electricity
Sydney Morning Herald
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