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448 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780061176104
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Ecco
Publication date: 07 November 2006
Description
"Great art has dreadful manners," Simon Schama observes wryly at the start of his epic and explosive exploration of the power, and whole point, of art. "The hushed reverence of the gallery can fool you into believing masterpieces are polite things...
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448 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780061176104
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Ecco
Publication date: 07 November 2006
Description
"Great art has dreadful manners," Simon Schama observes wryly at the start of his epic and explosive exploration of the power, and whole point, of art. "The hushed reverence of the gallery can fool you into believing masterpieces are polite things...