- Hardcover: 384 pages
- Publisher: Random House; 1 edition (Nov 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0679424903
- ISBN-13: 978-0679424901
- Product Dimensions: 14.9 x 3 x 24.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 771,630 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Robert Hughes has described Richardson's multivolume biography of Picasso as "a masterpiece in the making." In this collection of his best shorter pieces, culled from more than thirty years' artistic and literary commentary and reviews, Richardson demonstrates the same dazzling narrative style that has earned him the reputation as one of our foremost biographers.
As a contributor to Vanity Fair, The New York Review of Books, House and Garden, and The New Yorker, John Richardson has a reputation for stimulating readers with his frank, discerning characterizations of art-world personalities as well as celebrities from a variety of other milieus-- people such as Truman Capote, Armand Hammer, Lucian Freud, Andy Warhol, and Peggy Guggenheim.
As readers await the third volume of A Life of Picasso, they will be diverted by this witty, wonderfully intelligent collection of approximately thirty essays, extensively revised and updated for this publication, each of which is illustrated with artwork or photographs.
As a contributor to Vanity Fair, The New York Review of Books, House and Garden, and The New Yorker, John Richardson has a reputation for stimulating readers with his frank, discerning characterizations of art-world personalities as well as celebrities from a variety of other milieus-- people such as Truman Capote, Armand Hammer, Lucian Freud, Andy Warhol, and Peggy Guggenheim.
As readers await the third volume of A Life of Picasso, they will be diverted by this witty, wonderfully intelligent collection of approximately thirty essays, extensively revised and updated for this publication, each of which is illustrated with artwork or photographs.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
John Richardson is an elegant prose writer who has managed to capture a real sense of time and place in the these thumbnail portraits of famous artists and collectors he has known and worked with during his career.
There's something for everyone here; whether you are knowledgeable about art or want to know more about your heros' private lives, you'll find something you didn't know before, something that will make you look at them and their work in a different light.
Richardson is never too judgemental about the characters he writes about; he accepts them, warts and all, for what they are, and puts emphasis on the effect they had on those around them and the artworld in general.
In short, however, a brilliant read, something you can dip into at any time and amaze your partner/friends with some delightful anecdotes about Andy Warhol/Dali, etc.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
We ordered this book on the recommendation of a friend in the UK. It's a wonderful and enlightening read - the sort of book that can be read a chapter or two at a time. More than that would be too much as each 'monster' is more entertaining or outrageous than the last.
John Richardson is an extremely good writer and researcher as well as obviously having had wonderful connections himself.
For anyone with an interest into what drives people to collect, create, encourage or devour the arts, this is a must read. I'm so glad we bought it.
John Richardson is an extremely good writer and researcher as well as obviously having had wonderful connections himself.
For anyone with an interest into what drives people to collect, create, encourage or devour the arts, this is a must read. I'm so glad we bought it.
Format:Hardcover
John Richardson is best known as the author of a scholarly multi-volume life of Picasso. "Sacred monsters, sacred masters" is a collection of essays he has written for periodicals such as Vanity Fair and The New York Review of Books, mainly on twentieth century artists and art collectors.
Overall, this is a collection with a deliciously gossipy tone, made all the more readable by the authors extensive art world knowledge and elegant style.
My own favourite is his piece on Andy Warhol, full of fascinating details.
It is a well-produced book, with a good range of illustrations.
Overall, this is a collection with a deliciously gossipy tone, made all the more readable by the authors extensive art world knowledge and elegant style.
My own favourite is his piece on Andy Warhol, full of fascinating details.
It is a well-produced book, with a good range of illustrations.
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