Author

Publication

1997 - Artisan, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

67,750 words, Guess

Page Count

271 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL669444M
  • ISBN-101885183534
  • OCLC Control Number36817131
  • Library of Congress Control Number97015289
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  • LibraryThing202841

Classifications

  • DDC708.13
  • LCCN510 .H68 1997

Description

This book records Hoving's passionate, opinionated, and sometimes controversial selection of the 111 masterpieces of Western art that have changed his life. Encompassing paintings by Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Renoir, Matisse, and Pollock; frescoes by Piero della Francesca; mosaics and altarpieces; jewelry, tapestries, and illuminated manuscripts; and sculpture by Cellini and Michelangelo, the book offers a fresh, stimulating take on Western man's artistic accomplishments through the eye of an often provocative and always impassioned connoisseur. Each work is reproduced in color and is accompanied by Hoving's incisive, succinct, and witty explanation of its hold on his heart and mind.

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Topics

ArtCatalogsArt museumsArt, historyArt, catalogsArt museums -- CatalogsArt -- United States -- Catalogs

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