What Are You Looking At? : 150 Years of Modern Art in the Blink of an Eye-9780241965993

What Are You Looking At? : 150 Years of Modern Art in the Blink of an Eye

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Author: Gompertz, Will

History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900

Published on 7 April 2016 by Penguin Books Ltd in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 464 pages, 16 Pages of Colour Pictures, and black and white integrated pictures
130 x 197 x 33 | 400g

What is modern art? Why do we either love it or loathe it? And why is it worth so much damn money? Join Will Gompertz on a dazzling tour that will change the way you look at modern art forever. From Monet's water lilies to Van Gogh's sunflowers, from Warhol's soup cans to Hirst's pickled shark, hear the stories behind the masterpieces, meet the artists as they really were, and discover the real point of modern art. You will learn: not all conceptual art is bollocks; Picasso is king (but Cezanne is better); Pollock is no drip; Dali painted with his moustache; a urinal changed the course of art, why your five year-old really couldn't do it. Refreshing, irreverent and always straightforward, What Are You Looking At? asks all the basic questions that you were too afraid to ask. Your next gallery trip is going to be a little less intimidating and a lot more interesting.