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Artifacts

- Fascinating Facts about Art, Artists, and the Art World
Af: Phaidon Editors Engelsk Hardback

Artifacts

- Fascinating Facts about Art, Artists, and the Art World
Af: Phaidon Editors Engelsk Hardback
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''Even a seasoned art history buff will find new things to discover in this book.'' - Hyperallergic

''Fascinating facts and illuminating anecdotes.'' - The Art Newspaper

The perfect miscellany for every art lover - an essential and engaging collection of facts, figures, and findings about art, artists, and the art world, past and present

This extraordinary compendium of compelling facts, figures, and findings gathers and distils obscure and fascinating information about art, artists, and the art world. Fun, surprising, and compelling, in this covetable book you will learn:

- which artist''s work is stolen most often (Picasso)
- names of artists'' pets: Fat Fat & Cous-Cous (Louise Nevelson''s cats), Giotto and Goya (John Baldessari''s dogs)
- artist couples (Nancy Rubins and Chris Burden; Niki de Saint Phalle and Jean Tinguely; Dorothea Tanning and Max Ernst)
- things artists collect: prosthetic arms and legs (Sophie Calle), glass eyes (Hiroshi Sugimoto)
- odd jobs and side hustles: telephone marketer (Tomma Abts), crop duster (James Turrell)
- artists who were rejected from art school (Francisco Goya, Auguste Rodin)

... and hundreds of other miscellaneous details. Thoughtfully and thoroughly researched, this intriguing book offers refreshing and surprising perspectives on the world of art.

The five page-turning chapters cover:
- Artists
- Art School
- Art Studio
- Art Museum
- Art World

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''Even a seasoned art history buff will find new things to discover in this book.'' - Hyperallergic

''Fascinating facts and illuminating anecdotes.'' - The Art Newspaper

The perfect miscellany for every art lover - an essential and engaging collection of facts, figures, and findings about art, artists, and the art world, past and present

This extraordinary compendium of compelling facts, figures, and findings gathers and distils obscure and fascinating information about art, artists, and the art world. Fun, surprising, and compelling, in this covetable book you will learn:

- which artist''s work is stolen most often (Picasso)
- names of artists'' pets: Fat Fat & Cous-Cous (Louise Nevelson''s cats), Giotto and Goya (John Baldessari''s dogs)
- artist couples (Nancy Rubins and Chris Burden; Niki de Saint Phalle and Jean Tinguely; Dorothea Tanning and Max Ernst)
- things artists collect: prosthetic arms and legs (Sophie Calle), glass eyes (Hiroshi Sugimoto)
- odd jobs and side hustles: telephone marketer (Tomma Abts), crop duster (James Turrell)
- artists who were rejected from art school (Francisco Goya, Auguste Rodin)

... and hundreds of other miscellaneous details. Thoughtfully and thoroughly researched, this intriguing book offers refreshing and surprising perspectives on the world of art.

The five page-turning chapters cover:
- Artists
- Art School
- Art Studio
- Art Museum
- Art World

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 176
ISBN-13: 9781838663155
Indbinding: Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1838663150
Kategori: Kunsthistorie
Udg. Dato: 3 feb 2022
Længde: 21mm
Bredde: 184mm
Højde: 127mm
Forlag: Phaidon Press Ltd
Oplagsdato: 3 feb 2022
Forfatter(e): Phaidon Editors
Forfatter(e) Phaidon Editors


Kategori Kunsthistorie


ISBN-13 9781838663155


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Hardback


Sider 176


Udgave


Længde 21mm


Bredde 184mm


Højde 127mm


Udg. Dato 3 feb 2022


Oplagsdato 3 feb 2022


Forlag Phaidon Press Ltd

Kategori sammenhænge