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Hang-ups : essays on painting (mostly) / Simon Schama.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : BBC, 2005.Description: 352 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. (chiefly col.) 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780563522898
  • 9780563522898
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Lunches at the Courtauld -- Dutch games, another dimension/Michael Sweerts -- Did he do it/Rembrandt -- Through a glass brightly/Johannes Vermeer -- British eyes -- Flashes of peacock's tail/Thomas Lawrence -- Mad cows and Englishmen/William Hogarth -- Modern moves -- Homer's Odyssey/Winslow Homer -- Tunnel vision/Egon Schiele -- Fresh marks -- California dreamer/David Hockney -- Fixtures and fittings -- Modes of seduction/Haute Couture -- The Dandy Dutch/Dutch fashion now and then
Summary: Gathered from the pages of the 'New Yorker', this collection of essays reveals Simon Schama's views and philosophy on a wide range of artistic opinions and theories.
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Originally published: 2004.

Includes index.

Includes index

Lunches at the Courtauld -- Dutch games, another dimension/Michael Sweerts -- Did he do it/Rembrandt -- Through a glass brightly/Johannes Vermeer -- British eyes -- Flashes of peacock's tail/Thomas Lawrence -- Mad cows and Englishmen/William Hogarth -- Modern moves -- Homer's Odyssey/Winslow Homer -- Tunnel vision/Egon Schiele -- Fresh marks -- California dreamer/David Hockney -- Fixtures and fittings -- Modes of seduction/Haute Couture -- The Dandy Dutch/Dutch fashion now and then

Gathered from the pages of the 'New Yorker', this collection of essays reveals Simon Schama's views and philosophy on a wide range of artistic opinions and theories.

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