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by Lawrence Gowing

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Vermeer

by Lawrence Gowing

Recommendations from our site

Other books by Lawrence Gowing

Turner: Imagination and Reality by Lawrence Gowing

Our most recommended books

Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane by Andrew Graham-Dixon

Just Kids by Patti Smith

Factory: Andy Warhol by Andy Warhol & Stephen Shore

The Peninsular War: A New History by Charles Esdaile

Camera Lucida by Roland Barthes

The Andy Warhol Diaries by Pat Hackett

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Turner: Imagination and Reality
by Lawrence Gowing

Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane
by Andrew Graham-Dixon

Just Kids
by Patti Smith

Factory: Andy Warhol
by Andy Warhol & Stephen Shore

The Peninsular War: A New History
by Charles Esdaile

Camera Lucida
by Roland Barthes

The Andy Warhol Diaries
by Pat Hackett