Sister Wendy's Story of Painting

by Wendy Beckett

Hardcover, 1997

Status

Available

Description

Overview of painting over the last 800 years, including more than 450 color reproductions and an in depth analysis of over 30 of the most famous paintings.

User reviews

LibraryThing member mwittkids
Sister Wendy's vivid, personal interpretations of nearly 450 paintings. Awesome!
LibraryThing member saturnloft
Fantastic, in-depth overviews of famous paintings by our favorite lisping nun. I also really like the illustrations and lay-out. The publisher, Dorling-Kindersley, can usually be relied upon to produce quality work, especially when it has a strong visual element. Almost any of their art-related
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LibraryThing member Cheryl_in_CC_NV
Um, flipped through a half-dozen pp at the library, decided not to borrow.
Maybe the tv show would be more persuasive.
LibraryThing member mykl-s
Beckett has a very good way of explaining how she feels about an understands a painting.

ISBN

1564586154 / 9781564586155
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