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October 03, 2022

Seeing Like An Artist by Lincoln Perry

October 03, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Seeing Like An Artist by Lincoln Perry

An artist looks at several famous works of art and opines on what they’re doing

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October 03, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Seeing Like an Artist, Lincoln Perry, art, art history, art & artists
November 13, 2019

The Lives of Lucian Freud by William Feaver

November 13, 2019/ Steve Donoghue
The Lives of Lucian Freud by William Feaver

Nobody alive today is in a better position to write an enormous, definitive biography of this artist.

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November 13, 2019/ Steve Donoghue/
Biography/Memoir, Society & Culture, Art & Music
William Feaver, Lucian Freud, biography, painting, art & artists, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Steve Donoghue
April 02, 2019

Nicholas Hilliard: Life of an Artist by Elizabeth Goldring

April 02, 2019/ Steve Donoghue
Nicholas Hilliard: Life of an Artist by Elizabeth Goldring

A comprehensive and almost certainly definitive life of Hilliard and a richly involving portrait of his time.

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April 02, 2019/ Steve Donoghue/
Biography/Memoir, Art & Music
Nicholas HIlliard, Elizabeth Goldring, Yale University Press, biography, art history, Renaissance, art & artists, Steve Donoghue
November 11, 2018

Churchill: The Statesman as Artist

November 11, 2018/ Steve Donoghue
Churchill: The Statesman as Artist

This book address Churchill's place in the annals of art, mainly because Churchill doesn't have one – he was an ardent dabbler and nothing more.

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November 11, 2018/ Steve Donoghue/
History
David Cannadine, Bloomsbury, painting, art & artists, Steve Donoghue, Winston Churchill
May 10, 2018

It’s a Mystery:  “Being a lawyer doesn’t feel as honest as being a good con man”

May 10, 2018/ Irma Heldman
It’s a Mystery:  “Being a lawyer doesn’t feel as honest as being a good con man”

Iconic Boston PI Spenser delves into the black market art scene and unsolved crimes.

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May 10, 2018/ Irma Heldman/
It's a Mystery, Fiction-Mystery/Suspense
Robert B. Parker, Old Black Magic, Ace Atkins, Spenser novels, private eye, Boston, Irma Heldman, suspense, crime fiction, art & artists, mystery fiction
April 26, 2018

Living with Leonardo by Martin Kemp

April 26, 2018/ Steve Donoghue
Living with Leonardo by Martin Kemp

In this beautifully illustrated personal memoir interwoven with original research, we may encounter Leonardo.

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April 26, 2018/ Steve Donoghue/
Biography/Memoir, Art & Music
Martin Kemp, Leonardo Da Vinci, Mona Lisa, painting, illustrated books, biography, memoir, art & artists, Steve Donoghue
February 02, 2018

Wonder Beyond Belief: On Christianity by Navid Kermani

February 02, 2018/ Steve Donoghue
Wonder Beyond Belief: On Christianity by Navid Kermani

This translation of Ungläubiges Staunen: Über das Christentum is a collection of Kermani's vivid encounters with various works of Christianity-inspired artwork.

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February 02, 2018/ Steve Donoghue/
Nonfiction Translations, Religion, Society & Culture
Navid Kermani, Polity Press, Tony Crawford, Muslim, Islam, Christianity inspired artwork, Caravaggio, El Greco, art & artists, Steve Donoghue, translations
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