Everything You Know About Art is Wrong by Matt Brown

Everything You Know About Art is Wrong by Matt Brown

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Who really invented photography? Why is the Mona Lisa really smiling? Which painting was hung upside-down for over a month before anyone noticed? This highly entertaining assumption-confounding, myth-busting book about art and art history has the answers.

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Everything You Know About Art is Wrong by Matt Brown

Who really invented photography? Why is the Mona Lisa really smiling? Which painting was hung upside-down for over a month before anyone noticed? This highly entertaining assumption-confounding, myth-busting book about art and art history has the answers.
Matt Brown is author of 11 books for Batsford, including eight titles in the popular Everything You Know... series of mythbusting books. He has served as editor and editor-at-large of Londonist.com for many years, writing on topics as diverse as street art, politics, map-making and science. With a deep love of trivia, he's written and hosted hundreds of quizzes, including events for the Museum of London, London Eye, Royal Institution, Royal Society and Manchester Science Museum, among many others. All of his books use humour and playfulness as tools to explore the world. He is tweeting at @mattfromlondon.
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ISBN 13 9781849944298
ISBN 10 1849944296
Title Everything You Know About Art is Wrong
Author Matt Brown
Series Everything You Know About Ser
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Batsford Ltd
Year published 2017-08-24
Number of pages 160
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.