ArtQuake : The Most Disruptive Works in Modern Art by Susie Hodge

ArtQuake : The Most Disruptive Works in Modern Art by Susie HodgeDiscover art that dared to be different, risked reputations and put careers in jeopardy. This is what happens when artists take tradition and rip it up. ArtQuake tells the stories of 50 pivotal works that shook the world, telling the fascinating stories behind their creation, reception and legacy. The books begin with the rebels who struck out against Victorian conformism, daring painters and sculptors like Manet and Rodin, Van Gogh and Courbet, who

This delightful book teaches us that despite different languages

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insects and mammals

Each of the previous instalments was awarded the Man Booker prize

'Meet the gamblers

often defeated lives with unflinching realism

it is only by stepping back and seeing where we really come from

Our northern latitude means that some Arctic species find a home here

and a piano-teacher who accepts her pupil's theft in exchange for his beautiful music

Christ Church Cathedra

Rosemary Jenkinson

Inside the walls of their old cottage they make music