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The Painted Word
by

Tom Wolfe

Brian K's review

Aug 29, 2015

it was amazing

bookshelves: nonfic

I went to a senior art show at the U of I and was confused by the cubes of masking tape and bizarre unorganized sketches...at least until I read this book. If you want to understand modern art (notice I didn't say "hate all modern art"), you must read The Painted Word. I don't know how Wolfe can fit so much history, so many artists, and such scathe into this short and oh-so-readable book.

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August 29, 2015 – Shelved as:nonfic

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