Title: THE "biography" of Art.
Review: If you're not familiar, Paul Johnson is our living master historical writer. He's the closest writer we have to Winston Churchill today. That is to say - clear, opinionated, incredibly readable.Here Johnson turns his writing to Art. He tells the whole "story of art" his way.Certainly, specialist art critics will find specific problems with the book, and possibly be annoyed by the book (what's Paul Johnson doing writing about Art?)This big book is intelligent, superb, reads like a thriller, and so on ... all you'd expect from Johnson. He's a little bit right-leaning and conservative-ish so there's going to be a bit of tension with the left-leaning-ish art world, but all the better.Take in your whole human heritage in one enormous swoop - here it is in a non-stop page-turner. Enjoy!
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