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1 online resource (xxxii, 281 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Great Sphinx: Beyond Human Understanding; Chapter 2. The Tomb of Tutankhamun: Politics, Ethnic Pride, Hornets, a Dead Canary, and a Curse; Chapter 3. The Parthenon Sculptures: Lord Elgin and How Greece Lost Its Marbles; Chapter 4. Apollo Belvedere: The Rise and Fall of the Apollo Belvedere; Chapter 5. Nike of Samothrace: The Victory of the Staircase; Chapter 6. The Birth of Venus by Botticelli: Nothing Is Forever, Not Even Neglect; Chapter 7. Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci: You Never Know What a Smile Can Do |
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Chapter 8. Sistine Madonna by Raphael: The Most Perfect Picture in the WorldChapter 9. The Burial of Count Orgaz by El Greco: A Touch of Madness Goes a Long Way; Chapter 10. Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer by Rembrandt: Fame Available for a Price; Chapter 11. Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze: Or Perhaps, Washington Crossing the Rhine; Chapter 12. Luncheon on the Grass by Édouard Manet: Success through Scandal; Chapter 13. The Thinker by Auguste Rodin: Fame Has Its Consequences; Chapter 14. The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh: Lost in a Starry Night |
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Chapter 15. The Scream by Edvard Munch: Scream, IndeedChapter 16. American Gothic by Grant Wood: All-American Gothic; Chapter 17. Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lange: The Power of the Press; Chapter 18. Guernica by Pablo Picasso: Travels with Guernica; Chapter 19. Campbell's Soup by Andy Warhol: Mmm Mmm Good; Chapter 20. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial by Maya Lin: The Triumph of Abstraction; Notes; Index; About the Author |
| Summary |
There are many reasons why works of art become famous; few have anything to do with quality. Art museums are filled with masterworks that are unknown to the general public. This book raises questions about how fame is achieved, and ultimately how a work either retains that fame, or passes from the public consciousness. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Masterpiece, Artistic -- Public opinion.
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Masterpiece, Artistic. |
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Public opinion. |
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Art and society.
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Art and society. |
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ART / General. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Famous works of art--and how they got that way Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015] 9781442249547 (hardback : alk. paper) (DLC) 2015008192 |
| ISBN |
9781442249554 ebook |
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1442249552 |
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9781442249547 hardback : alkaline paper |
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1442249544 |
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