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223 pages : illustrations (color and black and white) ; 34 cm
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English
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"For centuries, great artists have been drawn together in friendship and in love. In Artists in Love, curator and writer Veronica Kavass delves into the passionate and creative underpinnings of the art world's most provocative romances. From Picasso and Francoise Gilot to Lee Miler and Man Ray to Saul Steinberg and Hedda Sterne, Kavass' graceful and daring text provides a generous glimpse into the inspiring and sometimes tempestuous relationships...
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xiii, 398 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"From one of our most admired writers, a beautifully illustrated story of a love affair and dynamic artistic partnership between the wars"--
In 1922, Cyril Power, a fifty-year old architect, left his family to work with the twenty-four year old Sybil Andrews. They would be together for twenty years. Both became famous for their dynamic, modernist linocuts, streamlined, full of movement and brilliant colour, summing up the hectic interwar years. Yet...
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419 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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English
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A captivating, spirited account of the intense relationship among four artists whose strong personalities, passionate feelings, and aesthetic ideals drew them together, pulled them apart, and profoundly influenced the very shape of twentieth-century art--
"A captivating, spirited account of the intense relationships between four artists whose strong personalities, passionate feelings, and aesthetic ideals drew them together, pulled them apart, and...
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175 pages : illustrations, map ; 19 cm
Language
English
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"An immensely interesting collection of discoveries about art, artists, and the art world, including: whose artwork is stolen most often? Which artists were rejected or expelled from art school? Who named their dogs Giotto and Goya? What is the average length of time museumgoers spend looking at art? Which contemporary artist once worked as a janitor, mailman, and morgue assistant? And hundreds of other surprising and unforgettable facts, figures,...
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