History of Art: Stories

by Margaret Luongo

Book Overview

The stories in History of Art examine the definitive, yet paradoxical, preoccupations of humankind-namely art-making and war-and the emotions that underpin both: passion and sentimentality, obsession and delusion, ambition and insecurity, fear and envy. Luongo casts the infamous, famous, and unknown in these sublime vignettes, from Marie Antoinette and John Lennon to the designers of fictional typefaces and the painted soldiers in Stanley Spencer's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807163023
• ISBN13: 9780807163023
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"