Secret Lives of Great Artists: What Your Teachers Never Told You about Master Painters and Sculptors
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Secret Lives of Great Artists: What Your Teachers Never Told You about Master Painters and Sculptors
By (Author) Elizabeth Lunday
Illustrated by Mario Zucca
5
Quirk Books
Quirk Books
1st October 2008
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
History of art
709.22
Physical Properties
Paperback
288
Width 133mm, Height 203mm, Spine 18mm
414g
Description
Take a tour through the wilder side of art history, and discover true tales of murder, forgery, and trickery-featuring jaw-dropping profiles over 30 iconic artists like Leonardo Da Vinci and Salvadori Dali. With outrageous anecdotes about everyone from Leonardo Da Vinci to Caravaggio to Edward Hopper, Secret Lives of Great Artists recounts the seamy, steamy and gritty history behind the great masters of international art. Here, you'll learn that Michelangelo's body odor was so bad, his assistants couldn't stand working for him; that Vincent van Gogh sometimes ate paint directly from the tube; and Georgia O'Keeffe loved to paint in the nude. This is one art history lesson you'll never forget!
Author Bio
Elizabeth Lunday is a journalist specializing in architecture and art. She writes the "Masterpieces" column for mental_floss magazine and lives in Fort Worth, Texas.
