Secret Lives of Great Artists: What Your Teachers Never Told You About Master Painters and Sculptors
Secret Lives of Great Artists: What Your Teachers Never Told You About Master Painters and Sculptors
Paperback – July 1, 2008
Price
$10.48
Format
Paperback
Pages
288
Publisher
Quirk Books
Publication Date
First Edition (July 1, 2008
ISBN-13
978-1594742576
Dimensions
5.25 x 0.71 x 7.99 inches
Weight
14.6 ounces
Description
About the Author Elizabeth Lunday is a journalist specializing in architecture and art. She writes the “Masterpieces” column for mental_floss magazine and lives in Fort Worth, Texas.
Features & Highlights
- Take a tour through the wilder side of art history, and discover true tales of murder, forgery, and trickery—featuring jaw-dropping profiles over 30 iconic artists like Leonardo Da Vinci and Salvadori Dalí.
- With outrageous anecdotes about everyone from Leonardo Da Vinci to Caravaggio to Edward Hopper,
- Secret Lives of Great Artists
- recounts the seamy, steamy and gritty history behind the great masters of international art. Here, you’ll learn that Michelangelo’s body odor was so bad, his assistants couldn’t stand working for him; that Vincent van Gogh sometimes ate paint directly from the tube; and Georgia O’Keeffe loved to paint in the nude. This is one art history lesson you’ll never forget!
