What are you looking at? : the surprising, shocking, and sometimes strange story of 150 years of mod...
What are you looking at? : the surprising, shocking, and sometimes strange story of 150 years of mod...
What are you looking at? : the surprising, shocking, and sometimes strange story of 150 years of modern art / Will Gompertz.
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Publisher
New York, New York : Dutton, [2012]
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G 2013/6958
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxi, 435 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction : What are you looking at? -- The fountain, 1917 -- Pre-Impressionism : getting real, 1820-70 -- Impressionism : painters of modern life, 1870-90 -- Post-Impressionism : branching out, 1880-1906 -- Cézanne : the father of us all, 1839-1906 -- Primitivism, 1880-1930/Fauvism, 1905-10 : p...
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Publisher
New York, New York : Dutton, [2012]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2012]
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Summary
"We all know what Modern Art looks like. We've seen Monet's water lilies, we've admired Picasso's nudes, and we've gawked at Damien's shark, as well as the price tag. But what does it all mean? What is Modern Art? Who started it? Why do we love/hate it? And why is it such big money? What Are You Looking At? takes the reader on a captivating tour of...
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What are you looking at? : the surprising, shocking, and sometimes strange story of 150 years of modern art / Will Gompertz.
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Includes index.
State Reference Library copy: transferred from REF N709/198.
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©2012.
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G 2013/6958
Record Identifier
74VvyJWyX33l
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvyJWyX33l
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ISBN
0525952675 (hardback)
9780525952671 (hardback)
DDC
709
MMS ID
991016070349702626
