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Simon Schama
504 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9788535916652
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Companhia das Letras
Publication date: Not specified
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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Simon Schama
504 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9788535916652
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Companhia das Letras
Publication date: Not specified
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...