Books by Will Gompertz
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English
review 1: I came at this book with very little art knowledge and an open mind. Gompertz writes thoroughly and with a sense of humor that makes this book both comprehensive and comprehendible. A fantastic introduction to modern art history and its characters - the book does not attempt to d...
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English
review 1: I studied three years of art at my secondary school during the eighties in Spain. As the subject included a lot of material and as the way we were taught was quite classical, we studied from the painting at Altamira & Lascaux caves to the twentieth century art, but we could neve...
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English
review 1: This was sort of a busman's holiday for me. Gompertz has a deft touch and a sense of humor as he reviews the "surprising, shocking and sometimes strange story of 150 years of Modern Art." Beginning with the work of Romantic artists Theodore Gericault and Eugene Delacroix, he tr...