Stories of Art & Artists Book

everyman's pocket classics - Hardback
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Stories of Art and ArtistsåÊgathers two centuries of stories from around the world. From Nathaniel Hawthorne‰۪s ‰ÛÏThe Artist of the Beautiful‰۝ and Albert Camus‰۪s ‰ÛÏThe Artist at Work‰۝ to Bernard Malamud‰۪s ‰ÛÏRembrandt‰۪s Hat‰۝ and Aimee Bender‰۪s ‰ÛÏThe Color Master,‰۝ the tales collected here range from haunting fables about the power of art to vivid portraits of those who create.
Featured art forms include sculpture, pottery, architecture, miniatures, landscapes, portraits, and abstract painting, illumined in brilliant stories by such great writers as Honor̩ de Balzac, Hermann Hesse, Franz Kafka, Marguerite Yourcenar, John Berger, William Boyd, Doris Lessing, Valerie Martin, Julian Barnes, Orhan Pamuk, and A. S. Byatt. Writers have long been fascinated by the idea of artistic genius, the relationship between portraits and their subjects, the inspirational role of muses, and the effects on artists of ambition, failure, and success. Their dazzling literary evocations of the visual arts‰ÛÓusing one art form to reflect on another‰ÛÓmakeåÊStories of Art and ArtistsåÊan irresistible gift for lovers of art of all kinds.
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Author: everyman's pocket classics Format: Hardback book ISBN: 9781841596174 Size: 190mm x 30mm x 123mm Pages: 400 Publisher: Penguin Classics
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