The Discovery of Painting by Iain Pears

The Discovery of Painting by Iain Pears

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Before 1680, the English were largely uninterested in painting, but in the decades that followed they became Europe's most assiduous collectors. In this book, the author explains both the causes and effects of this burgeoning interest in art.

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The Discovery of Painting by Iain Pears

Before 1680, the English were largely uninterested in painting, but in the decades that followed they became Europe's most assiduous collectors. In this book, the author explains both the causes and effects of this burgeoning interest in art.
Tim Pears was born in 1956, grew up in Devon, left school at sixteen, and had countless menial jobs before studying at the National Film and Television School. He is the author of eight novels, including In the Place of Fallen Leaves, which won the Hawthornden Prize and the Ruth Hadden Memorial Award; In a Land of Plenty, which was made into a BBC series; and Landed, which won the MJA Open Book Award in 2011. Pears lives in Oxford, England, with his wife and childr
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ISBN 13 9780300051476
ISBN 10 0300051476
Titel The Discovery of Painting
Autor Iain Pears
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Yale University Press
Erscheinungsjahr 1991-07-28
Seitenanzahl 301
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