Title: ART NEW HISTORY
Review: THIS IS A REMARKABLE BOOK BY A MOST TALENTED AND EXPERIENCED HISTORIAN, CRITIC, ARTIST- PRETTY MUCH COVERING THE GAUNTLET.IT IS MORE INTERESTING THAN MOST WORKS ON ART AND HE EASILY DISPLAYS A VAST KNOWLEDGE.IT IS EXTREMELY INTERESTING TO BEGIN WITH HIS "PREFACE" IN WHICH HE STATES THAT HIS FATHER HAD DISCOURAGED HIM FROM TRYING TO BECOME A PAINTER BECAUSE "FRAUDS LIKE PICASSO WILL RULE THE ROOST FOR THE NEXT HALF- CENTURY".SO I SKIPPED AHEAD AND HE FINALLY DOES HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ON PICASSO- BUT IT IS RATHER DISMISSIVE;-- HE TERMS IT "FASHION ART "HOWEVER- ONE CAN BE INDIFFERENT TO HIS PREJUDICES AND DESPITE THIS, TO ME, AMUSING INTERLUDE IT IS AN EXCELLENT VOLUM;E- COMP;LETE- KNOWLEDGABLE; AND INFORMATIVE .
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