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- Pagine: 295
- Data di uscita: 17-05-2018
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This is a wonderful, thoughtful, well-written, and researched book that chronicles some of the lost art of the world. Included is the Colossus of Rhodes, the zodiac water clock at the Old Summer Palace in Beijing, China, the work of art by Alexander Calder titled Bent Propeller, previously destroyed Leggi tutto
The book is a disappointment. I'm a huge Noah Charney fan; I adored "Stealing the Mystic Lamb: The True Story of the World's Most Coveted Masterpiece." That book was thoughtful, complete, detailed. "The Museum of Lost Art" (Phaidon Press Ltd, 2018) is sloppy. Clearly no one looked at the galley becau Leggi tutto
There are many ways that a work of art can desapear from the face of the Earth, forever on temporary, and Noah Charney knows them all. He talks about many examples, from the ancient times to the twenty first century, all catalogued depending on the type of the occurrence, like a theft or natural dis Leggi tutto
Another oft overlooked part of art history put into story form by a writer (this time Charney) that could have done better in the hands of another. Still fascinating and a recommended read
Noah Charney states that all of the art that has been lost is more than is curreNeely in the world's museums. He looks at art that we know of that has been lost to fire or flood. Some art we know of was destroyed by the buyer or subject. Other art we know of by hearsay, especially renaissance art. S Leggi tutto
This is the third of Charney’s ‘pop art history’ books that I’ve read and while it’s a good and interesting topic and has lots of intriguing stories within it, it suffers from the same issue as his previous The Art of Forgery. Namely, never diving that deep into most of the stories he tells here. So Leggi tutto
Un bel saggio alla portata di tutti i culturi dell'arte. Ho apprezzato lo stile scorrevole i capitoli brevi, le pagine sono intramezzate da illustrazioni inerenti a ciò di cui parla; ma soprattutto è pieno di spunti, con argomenti non banali, appassiona chi ama e per me avvicina chi è curioso. L'unica Leggi tutto
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