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Author : James Elkins
Release : 2002
Genre : Art
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 430/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Stories of Art by : James Elkins
Download or read book Stories of Art written by James Elkins. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this intimate history, James Elkins demonstrates that there is - and can never be - only one story of art. He opens up the questions that traditional art history usually avoids.
Author : Ernst Hans Gombrich
Release : 1995-09-09
Genre : Art
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 427/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Story of Art by : Ernst Hans Gombrich
Download or read book Story of Art written by Ernst Hans Gombrich. This book was released on 1995-09-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most famous and popular book on art ever published, this quintessential "introduction to art," now in its sixteenth edition, has been a worldwide bestseller for over four decades.
Author : Francisca Matteoli
Release : 2016-11-01
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 778/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Map Stories by : Francisca Matteoli
Download or read book Map Stories written by Francisca Matteoli. This book was released on 2016-11-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through this magnificent collection of historical maps, travel writer Francisca Mattéoli takes us on a geographical adventure, telling the stories of twenty places and voyages that inspired her and the creation of these fascinating charts. Discover some of the world's most magical places and how they revealed themselves, from the lost trails of the first colonies of the American West to Amundsen's exploration of the South Pole, and the rediscoveries of Petra and Angkor Wat. This unexpected volume will let the curious mind roam the contours of the planet, and discover how the world we know today was made, and un-made.
Author : Stefan Koldehoff
Release : 2022-07-12
Genre : Art
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 203/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Art & Crime by : Stefan Koldehoff
Download or read book Art & Crime written by Stefan Koldehoff. This book was released on 2022-07-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thrilling, eye-popping look at true crime in the billion-dollar art world. The art world is one of the most secretive of global businesses, and the list of its crimes runs long and deep. Today, with prices in the hundreds of millions for individual artworks, and billionaires' collections among the most conspicuous and liquid of their assets, crime is more rampant than ever in this largely unregulated universe. Increased prices and globalization have introduced new levels of fraud and malfeasance into the art world--everything from "artnapping," in which an artwork is held hostage and only returned for a ransom, to forgery and tax fraud. However, the extent of the economic and cultural damage that results from criminality in the global art scene rarely comes to light. The stories of high-stakes, brazen art crimes told by art experts Stefan Koldehoff and Tobias Timm are by turns thrilling, disturbing, and unbelievable (the imagination for using art to commit crimes seems boundless). The authors also provide a well-founded analysis of what needs to change in the art market and at museums. From the authors of False Pictures, Real Money (about the Beltracchi art forgery case), Art and Crime includes a chapter on art owned by Donald Trump. It is a thoroughly researched, explosive, and highly topical book that uncovers the extraordinary and multifarious thefts of art and cultural objects around the world.
Author : Clara Erskine Clement Waters
Release : 1887
Genre : Art
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Stories of Art and Artists by : Clara Erskine Clement Waters
Download or read book Stories of Art and Artists written by Clara Erskine Clement Waters. This book was released on 1887. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether he's down on the farm, lost in a world of his own, or camping out with the gang, Garfield always finds a way to keep life interesting. Now, that might be bad news for Jon and Odie, but it's great for the rest of his millions of fans, as Garfield takes the spotlight for his nineteenth star turn! Or, as Garfield might say, when the going gets tough, the tough take a nap.
