Secret Lives of Great Artists

What Your Teachers Never Told You about Master Painters and Sculptors

Part of Secret Lives
Illustrated by Mario Zucca
Published by Quirk Books
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
LIST PRICE $16.99

About The Book

Take a tour through the wilder side of art history, and discover true tales of murder, forgery, and trickery—featuring jaw-dropping profiles over 30 iconic artists like Leonardo Da Vinci and Salvadori Dalí.

With outrageous anecdotes about everyone from Leonardo Da Vinci to Caravaggio to Edward Hopper, Secret Lives of Great Artists recounts the seamy, steamy and gritty history behind the great masters of international art.

Here, you’ll learn that Michelangelo’s body odor was so bad, his assistants couldn’t stand working for him; that Vincent van Gogh sometimes ate paint directly from the tube; and Georgia O’Keeffe loved to paint in the nude. This is one art history lesson you’ll never forget!

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Product Details

  • Publisher: Quirk Books (July 1, 2008)
  • Length: 288 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781594742576

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