Tag Archives: History/General
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The Louvre
by James GardnerThe fascinating and little-known story of the Louvre, from its inception as a humble fortress to its transformation into the palatial residence of the…
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The Wreck of the Medusa
by Jonathan Miles“A fascinating look into the machinations of Restoration France revolving around the horrific wreck of an Africa-bound ship and the famed painting it inspired…
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True Colors
by Anthony Haden-Guest“A literate, knowledgeable, and highly personal voyage through the turbulence of the art world from 1973 to the present. One would be hard-pressed to…
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Lewis Mumford
by Donald Miller‘serious and substantial. . . . The value of this biography is its painstaking and competent assemblage of sources that explain Mr. Mumford’s character…
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The Grove Book of Art Writing
by Martin Gayford“Wonderfully direct excerpts from the correspondence, missives, interviews and essays of artists . . . [A] series of . . . revelatory pronouncements by a plethora of artists and critics.” –Publishers Weekly…
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The Dark Clue
by James Wilson“A luscious Victorian thriller that . . . sends two characters from [Wilkie Collins’ The Woman in White] on a brilliant literary mission. . . . We are soon exposed to the dark heart of a city that never loses its fascination.” –Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review…
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a: A Novel
by Andy Warhol“Hellish hymns from Amphetamine Heaven, the vox populi of the Velvet Underground . . . These people are witty and they are grand, they…