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What Are You Looking At?
150 Years of Modern Art in the Blink of an Eye
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What Are You Looking At?
What is modern art? Why do we either love it or loathe it? And why is it worth so much damn money? This book asks all the basic questions that you were too afraid to ask.
Refreshing, irreverent and always straightforward, What Are You Looking At? asks the basic questions that you were too afraid to ask.
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For the sceptics, the art lovers, and the five million of us who visit the Tate every year – the funniest, liveliest and most accessible history of modern art ever written, by the BBC Arts Editor.
What is modern art? Why do we either love it or loathe it? And why is it worth so much damn money? Join Will Gompertz on a dazzling tour that will change the way you look at modern art forever.
You will learn: not all conceptual art is bollocks; Picasso is king (but Cezanne is better); Pollock is no drip; Dali painted with his moustache; a urinal changed the course of art; and why your five-year-old really couldn't do it.
Refreshing, irreverent and always straightforward, What Are You Looking At? asks the basic questions that you were too afraid to ask.
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Will Gompertz's book is praised for being an engaging and lively journey through modern art, offering a fresh, energetic perspective while making complex concepts accessible and entertaining. Reviewers appreciate his ability to describe iconic artworks vividly and note his skill in avoiding jargon, making art history both fun and understandable. His narrative has been likened to a modern update of Robert Hughes's work, incorporating references to contemporary culture in a way that enhances the exploration of art movements.
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ISBN: 9780241965993
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 April 2016
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Illustration: 16 Pages of Colour Pictures, and black and white integrated pictures
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 30.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 394g
Pages: 464
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About the Author
As the BBC's Arts Editor, Will Gompertz has interviewed and observed many of the world's leading artists, actors, writers, musicians, directors and designers. Creativity magazine in New York ranked him as one of the 50 most original thinkers in the world. He is the author of the internationally bestselling What Are You Looking At? and Think Like an Artist, both translated into more than 20 languages.
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