1977, oversize paperback reprint edition, Rizzoli. PLEASE NOTE: This work was first published in 1960 in Switzerland. This title was one of several volumes originally published in The Treasures of Asia and Great Centuries of Paintings series created by Albert Skira. This reprint was printed in Switzerland. 100 brilliant reproductions in full color. The author, James Cahill, at the time of publication, was a young American specialist who knew and valued Chinese painting.

Chinese Painting

Arts & Photography

James Cahill

History & Criticism

Rizzoli International

Angus Fairhurst

Sacha Craddock

PWP/Sadie Coles

Maggi Hambling: Real time

sarah-wilson

Marlborough Gallery, Inc.

'An enthrallingly intricate novel . . . impressive' GUARDIAN 'There's something of F. Scott Fitzgerald about the way Cahill writes about the very rich' DAILY MAIL 'A biting satire of the art world's glamour, pomp and greed . . . lucid and evocative' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'I really loved The Violet Hour . . . On one level it functions as a highbrow whodunnit, and grippingly so, but it's much more than that, building into a meditation on mortality and the unreliable consolations of art, love and materialism' PATRICK GALE, author of Mother's Boy 'A thrilling story told in seductive, shimmering prose. Beauty, money, power, seduction, betrayal. It's all here in this bewitching and all too often troubling backstage pass to the commercial art world' CHLOË ASHBY, author of Wet Paint 'I'm overwhelmed by the beauty of James Cahill's writing and storytelling' SANTANU BHATTACHARYA, author of Deviants 'Artists are slaves to their vanity. But in the end, in time, they see things as they really are.' Thomas Haller has achieved the kind of fame that most artists only dream of: shows in London and New York, paintings sold for a fortune. The vision he presents to the world is one of an untouchable genius at the top of his game. It is also a lie. Who is the real Thomas Haller? His oldest friend and former dealer, Lorna, might once have known - before Thomas traded their early intimacy for international fame. Between his ruthless new dealer and a property mogul obsessed with his work, the appetite for Thomas and his art is all-consuming. On the eve of his latest show, the luminaries of the art world gather. But the sudden death of a young man has put everyone on edge, and a chain of events begins that will lead the friends back into the past, to confront who they have become. A story of deception, power play and longing, The Violet Hour exposes the unsettling underbelly of the art world, asking: who is granted admission to a world that only seems to glitter and who is left outside, their faces pressed to the glass? PRAISE FOR TIEPOLO BLUE 'The best novel I have read for ages . . . masterly' STEPHEN FRY 'An exhilarating, erudite read' VOGUE.COM 'Electric' GUARDIAN 'Startlingly impressive' DAILY MAIL

The Violet Hour: The utterly gripping story of love, ambition and lies to get lost in this summer

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Sceptre

Unknown

Hodder&Stoughton

Tiepolo Blue: The smart, sexy read - set over a long hot summer

Ben turns and grins ironically. ‘When you stopped just now and looked at the sky, you weren’t measuring it. You weren’t thinking about classical proportion. You were feeling something.’\nCambridge, 1994. Professor Don Lamb is a revered art historian at the height of his powers, consumed by the book he is writing about the skies of the Venetian master Tiepolo. However, his academic brilliance belies a deep inexperience of life and love.\nWhen an explosive piece of contemporary art is installed on the lawn of his college, it sets in motion Don’s abrupt departure from Cambridge to take up a role at a south London museum. There he befriends Ben, a young artist who draws him into the anarchic 1990s British art scene and the nightlife of Soho.\nOver the course of one long, hot summer, Don glimpses a liberating new existence. But his epiphany is also a moment of self-reckoning, as his oldest friendship – and his own unexamined past – are revealed to him in a devastating new light. As Don’s life unravels, he suffers a fall from grace that that shatters his world into pieces.

Tiepolo Blue: 'The best novel I have read for ages' Stephen Fry

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Illustrated History of Chinese Painting is one of the 1958 plan set by the Swiss Shiji La Asian Art Books. He was to have been incorporated into the prestigious European art books. Recommended by hi Yongin. who was ranked PhD John got the chance to write this book. complete a streamlined. innovative. and readable general history of art. This topped the History of Chinese Painting John's writings. graphics and appearance to the eyes of a foreigner to appreciate Chinese paintings. strung from the 100 works on the history of painting commentary. is the art of reading tastes. Since 1960. first published in English. French. German since. it has been the West's most popular condensed history of Chinese painting. constantly reprinted. On the integration of the Western Sinology and ...

Chinese Painting: A Pictorial History (Chinese Edition)

SDX Joint Publishing Company

Yi qu yu ji zhu: "Ming Qing hui hua tou xi guo ji xue shu tao lun hui" te zhan tu lu = New interpretations of Ming & Qing paintings (Mandarin Chinese Edition)

Reference

Vinograd, Richard

Yongnian Xue (preface)

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Shanghai shu hua chu ban she

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