Scandals, Vandals, and da Vincis: A Gallery of Remarkable Art Tales Paperback - 2007
by Harvey Rachlin
Award-winning writer Rachlin relates in exciting detail how nearly 30 masterpieces came to be created and how they survived burglary, forgery, revolutions, ransoms, vandals, scandals, religious sects, and shipwrecks to eventually come to their current resting places. 26 b&w illustrations.
Summary
Caravaggios, Rembrandts, Monetsthe works of immortal artists such as these are indelibly imprinted in the public mind; they are priceless masterpieces whose beauty, artistry, and emotional impact have inspired admiration, awe, and envy through the centuries. Yet behind many of these brilliant paintings and sculptures are fascinating, unique histories. In Scandals, Vandals, and da Vincis, award-winning writer Harvey Rachlin relates in exciting detail how nearly thirty of these works came to be created and how they survived burglary, forgery, revolutions, ransoms, vandals, scandals, religious sects, and shipwrecks to eventually come to their current resting places
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- Title Scandals, Vandals, and da Vincis: A Gallery of Remarkable Art Tales
- Author Harvey Rachlin
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Thus
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Adult Hc/Tr, New York
- Date 2007-04-01
- Features Annotated, Bibliography, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780143038351 / 0143038354
- Weight 0.66 lbs (0.30 kg)
- Dimensions 7.96 x 5.38 x 0.82 in (20.22 x 13.67 x 2.08 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Painting - Themes, motives
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006049549
- Dewey Decimal Code 759
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- Booklist, 03/01/2007, Page 51
- Library Journal, 03/15/2007, Page 72
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