Making A Masterpiece

The stories behind iconic artworks

Making A Masterpiece
Debra N Mancoff
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Hardback
h236 x 170mm - 224pg
4 Oct 2022 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9780711257078
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What makes a work of art a masterpiece? Discover the answers in the fascinating stories of how these artworks came to be and the circumstances of their long-lasting impact on the world. Beginning with Botticelli' s The Birth of Venus, we travel through time and a range of styles and stories - including theft, scandal, artistic reputation, politics and power - to Warhol' s Campbell' s Soup Cans, challenging the idea of what a masterpiece can be, and arriving in the twenty-first century with Amy Sherald' s portrait of Michelle Obama, a modern-day masterpiece still to be tested by time. Each artwork has a tale that reveals making a masterpiece often involves much more than just a demonstration of artistic skill: their path to fame is only fully disclosed by looking beyond what the eye can see. Rather than trying to describe the elements of greatness, Making a Masterpiece takes account of the circumstances outside the frame that contribute to the perception of greatness and reveals that the journey from the easel to popular acclaim can be as compelling as the masterpiece itself. Featuring: Birth of Venus, Sandro Botticelli; Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci; Judith Beheading Holofernes, Artemisia Gentileschi; Girl with a Pearl Earring, Johannes Vermeer; Under the Wave off Kanagawa, Katsushika Hokusai; Fifteen Sunflowers, Vincent van Gogh; Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (Woman in Gold), Gustav Klimt; American Gothic, Grant Wood; Guernica, Pablo Picasso; Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird, Frida Kahlo; Campbell' s Soup Cans, Andy Warhol; Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama, Amy Sherald
DEBRA N. MANCOFF is an art historian and the author of more than twenty books on European and American art and culture. She lectures regularly at many of the major museums in the United States and United Kingdom. Based in Chicago, she is a Scholar-in-Residence at the Newberry Library.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780711257078
Published: 4 Oct 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Frances Lincoln Publishers
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers
Format: Hardback
Height: 236mm
Width: 170mm
Pages: 224

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