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Making a masterpiece : the stories behind iconic artworks / Debra N. Mancoff.
Fine Arts Library N5300 .M2665 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mancoff, Debra N., 1950- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art--History.
- Art.
- Art appreciation.
- Masterpiece, Artistic--History.
- Masterpiece, Artistic.
- Art and society.
- art history.
- Genre:
- History
- Physical Description:
- 223 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Frances Lincoln, 2022.
- Summary:
- There are many great works of art, but what makes a genuine masterpiece? Find the answers in this captivating book, which looks at the fascinating stories behind the world's most famous artworks -- the ones that can truly claim that label. Starting with Boticelli's The Birth of Venus, travel through time periods and styles to Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans, and into the twenty-first century with Amy Sherald's portrait of Michelle Obama. Each work reveals that making a masterpiece involves much more than just artistic skill: their paths to fame are filled with stories of theft, scandal, artistic reputation, politics and power. Making a Masterpieces looks beyond the frame to show that the journey from the easel to popular acclaim can be as compelling as the art itself -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Birth of Venus
- Mona Lisa
- Judith beheading Holofernes
- Girl with a pearl earring
- The great wave
- Fifteen sunflowers
- Woman in gold
- American Gothic
- Guernica
- Self-portrait with thorn necklace and hummingbird
- Campbell's soup cans
- Michelle Obama.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 0711257078
- 9780711257078
- OCLC:
- 1296945018
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