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Hardcover The Art of Reading: An Illustrated History of Books in Paint Book
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ISBN: 1606065866

ISBN13: 9781606065860

The Art of Reading: An Illustrated History of Books in Paint

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"Why do artists love books?" This volume takes this tantalizingly simple question as a starting point to reveal centuries of symbiosis between the visual and literary arts. First looking at the development of printed books and the simultaneous emergence of the modern figure of the artist, The Art of Reading appraises works by the many great masters who took inspiration from the printed word. Bringing together more than one hundred paintings...

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