The Penguin Book of Art Writing - Hardcover

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9780670867592: The Penguin Book of Art Writing

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670867594 ISBN 13: 9780670867592

Publisher: Viking, 1998

THE PENGUIN BOOK OF ART WRITING is the first book to bring together the very best writing on art, from the early Renaissance to the present day. Discussing the visual arts successfully in words is famously difficult, yet over the centuries manywriters have managed to put the inexpressible into words. This serious yet witty collection values vivid prose and readibility over dry analysis. It features a a huge range of writers, from Vasari to Robert Hughes, Henry James to Francis Bacon, Sigmund Freud to Julian Schnabel.

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About the Author:

Karen Wright is the editor of Modern Painters magazine. She has an MA from Cambridge in the history of art, and she is a regular contributor to the Times and the Sunday Telegraph. She lives in Cambridge.

Martin Gayford has an MA in art from the University of London. He is a prolific freelance journalist and contributes regularly to the Daily Telegraph, the Sunday Telegraph and the Spectator. He lives in Cambridge.

Synopsis:

This anthology brings together writing on art from the early Renaissance to the present day, featuring a range of writers including Vasari, Henry James, Francis Bacon and Sigmund Freud. Chapters include Art and Narrative, Light and Colour, Art and Morality, Bad Reviews, Fakes, Form, Nature, and the Human Subject.

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