O Sacred Head: A Fred Taylor Art Mystery
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
O Sacred Head: A Fred Taylor Art Mystery
By (Author) Nicholas Kilmer
Sourcebooks, Inc
Poisoned Pen Press
23rd August 2000
United States
Classifications
General
Fiction
FIC
Physical Properties
Paperback
224
Width 140mm, Height 216mm
Description
Praise for O Sacred Head... "Anyone who has ever wandered into a museum gallery of Italian religious paintings of the Baroque period and been repelled by the lurid depictions of flayed, flagellated, roasted, toasted, and crucified martyrs will laugh (and shudder) at Nicholas Kilmer's irreverent treatment...." -New York Times Book Review Art exp
Reviews
Anyone who has ever wandered into a museum gallery of Italian religious paintings of the Baroque period and been repelled by the lurid depictions of flayed, flagellated, roasted, toasted, and crucified martyrs will laugh (and shudder) at Nicholas Kilmer's irreverent treatment....
--New York Times Book Review
Author Bio
Nicholas Kilmer, born in Virginia, lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Normandy, France. A teacher for many years, and finally Dean of the Swain School of Design in New Bedford, Massachusetts, he now makes his living as a painter and art dealer. In 1964 he married Julia Norris, and with her has four children.
