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If the Paintings Could Talk - Wilson, Michael; Marr, Andrew - Yale University Press
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Jan 26, 2009
176 p., 5 1/2 x 8 1/4
168 color illus.
ISBN: 9781857094251
ISBN-10: 1857094255
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PB-Flexibound: $25.00
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- Art and Architecture
Published by National Gallery Company/Distributed by Yale University Press
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If the Paintings Could Talk
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Michael Wilson; With a foreword by Andrew Marr
If the Paintings Could Talk reveals the hidden histories of paintings in the National Gallery, London. With a treasury of fascinating facts, discoveries, and tales, this book describes the flight a work took down a mountainside and the portrait that appeared in a James Bond film, among many other entertaining events and stories. An engaging, accessible, and highly original gallery guide that cross-references entries throughout, the book provides a unique tour of this remarkable collection.
Michael Wilson is former head of Exhibitions and Display at the National Gallery, London, and author of numerous books on 18th- and 19th-century French art.
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