What Are You Looking At?: The Surprising, Shocking, and Sometimes Strange Story of 150 Years of Modern Art
by Gompertz, Will
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fine copy
- ISBN 10
- 0142180297
- ISBN 13
- 9780142180297
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Synopsis
In the tradition of Eats, Shoots & Leaves , art history with a sense of humor Every year, millions of museum and gallery visitors ponder the modern art on display and secretly ask themselves, Is this art?” A former director at London’s Tate Gallery and now the BBC arts editor, Will Gompertz made it his mission to bring modern art’s exciting history alive for everyone, explaining why an unmade bed or a pickled shark can be artand why a five-year-old couldn’t really do it. Rich with extraordinary tales and anecdotes, What Are You Looking At? entertains as it arms readers with the knowledge to truly understand and enjoy what it is they’re looking at.
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- Bookseller
- Abacus Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BOOKS105670I
- Title
- What Are You Looking At?: The Surprising, Shocking, and Sometimes Strange Story of 150 Years of Modern Art
- Author
- Gompertz, Will
- Illustrator
- Well-illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine copy
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0142180297
- ISBN 13
- 9780142180297
- Publisher
- Plume
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2013
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