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Starred Review on December 1, 2015 | Arts and Humanities
This impressive title examines 19th-century French art as a manly morality tale beginning with romanticism in 1825 and extending up to cubism in 1925. Four final chapters address English and American art since World War II. Barnes is a well-known, multi-award-winning English author of fiction (A History of the World in 10½ Chapters; Flaubert's Parrot) and nonfiction (The Pedant in the Kitchen; Nothing To Be ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More