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448 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781847921185
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Bodley Head
Publication date: 01 January 2006
Description
'Great art has dreadful manners...' Simon Schama observes at the start of this epic exploration of the power, and the whole point, of art. 'The hushed reverence of the gallery can fool you into believing masterpieces are polite things, visions tha...
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448 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781847921185
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Bodley Head
Publication date: 01 January 2006
Description
'Great art has dreadful manners...' Simon Schama observes at the start of this epic exploration of the power, and the whole point, of art. 'The hushed reverence of the gallery can fool you into believing masterpieces are polite things, visions tha...