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The private life of a masterpiece

This companion volume to a BBC series of the same name delves into eight famous pieces of art.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bohm-Duchen, Monica
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley : University of California Press, 2001.
Subjects:	Masterpiece, Artistic. Art and society. Art criticism > History.
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Summary:	This companion volume to a BBC series of the same name delves into eight famous pieces of art.
Item Description:	"Accompanies the BBC TV series."
Physical Description:	240 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 236) and index.
ISBN:	0520233786 9780520233782 0563537671 9780563537670
Author Notes:	Monica Bohm-Duchen (MA Courtauld Institure) is a London-based freelance writer, lecturer and exhibition organizer. The institutions for which she has worked include the Open University, the Tate Gallery, the National Gallery, the Royal Academy of Arts and the Courtauld Institute of Art. The journals to which she has contributed include RA Magazine, Art Monthly, Modern Painters and The Jewish Quarterly. She curated After Auschwitz: Responses to the Holocaust in Contemporary Art (1995) and co-curated Art in Exile in Great Britain 1933-1945 (1985-6), Rubies and Rebels: Jewish Female Identity in Contemporary British Art (1996-7) and Life? or Theatre?: The Work of Charlotte Salomon (1998)