Books by T J Clark
“It was very very hard to find a book that connected art with society in the way that Clark connected the art of the nineteenth century to the society in which it was produced.” Read more...
Andrew Graham-Dixon on His Favourite Art Books
Andrew Graham-Dixon, Art Historians, Critics & Curator
The Painting of Modern Life
by T J Clark
T J Clark wrote his wonderful book to study how the great painters of the day depicted the new, very appearance-conscious life of the city
Interviews where books by T J Clark were recommended
The best books on The Cult of Celebrity, recommended by Fred Inglis
Fred Inglis, Emeritus Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of Sheffield, selects five books to help us understand the cult of celebrity, which is, as he puts it, “the public dramatisation of our best and worst feelings”.
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Turner: Imagination and Reality
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The Painting of Modern Life: Paris in the Art of Manet and His Followers
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Literary Landscape: Turner and Constable
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Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston
by Musa Mayer -
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Neglected Genius: The Diaries of Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1808–1846
by Benjamin Robert Haydon
Andrew Graham-Dixon on His Favourite Art Books
Andrew Graham-Dixon on His Favourite Art Books
Art critic Andrew Graham-Dixon takes us through his favourite art books, one of which is the best thing he has ever read about art. He contends that Monet is a follower of Turner, reflects on how the purpose of history of art has changed, and introduces us to the diaries of an “astonishingly bad” painter which reveal him to be one of the nineteenth century’s greatest prose writers.