When Art Really Works by Andy Pankhurst
What are the qualities that make an artwork great? A recognized painter Andy Pankhurst and art historian Lucinda Hawksley offer compelling answers to this question as they examine 80 historically important paintings and sculptures. All are works of art that stand out from the ordinary because of their originality, their ability to convey powerful emotions, their technical brilliance--distinctive qualities that unmistakably touch them with intimations of immortality. Discussions focus on examples from across the millennia, and include--
Lucinda Dickens Hawksley is the great-great-great granddaughter of Charles Dickens and a patron of the Charles Dickens Museum in London. She has written more than 20 books, including Lizzie Siddal, The Tragedy of a Pre-Raphaelite Supermodel (Andre Deutsch 2004) and Katey, The Life and Loves of Dickens's Artist Daughter (Doubleday UK 2006). A part-time lecturer as well as a writer, Lucinda is an expert in Dickens's family life and has been awarded a fellowship to study the life of Augustus Dickens (Charles's brother and the original Boz) at the Newberry Library in Chicago.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780764147883 |
| ISBN 10 | 0764147889 |
| Title | When Art Really Works |
| Author | Andy Pankhurst |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | B.E.S. Publishing |
| Year published | 2012-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
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