The Angel of the Left Bank : The Secrets of Delacroix's Parisian Masterpiece
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Genres: Arts & Photography, History, Travel
Book Type: Paperback
Author:
Genres: Arts & Photography, History, Travel
Book Type: Paperback
Coree B. (Coreegirl) reviewed on + 216 more book reviews
Fabulous, elegantly written, intellectual but not stuffy, the best of french style
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Kauffmann spins off onto delightful tangents. . . . [He] makes his obsession with this painting and all it represents vivid and visceral.
Los Angeles Times
French historian Kauffmann sweeps readers up in his magnificent obsession for Eugène Delacroixs mural. . . . A masterpiece of investigation, explication, introspection, and narrative, brilliantly illuminating an artists mind and a scholars heart.
Kirkus Reviews
A passionate narrative . . . [a] quiet and insightful meditation on the human skirmish with divinity.
Los Angeles Times
Review
Kauffmann spins off onto delightful tangents. . . . [He] makes his obsession with this painting and all it represents vivid and visceral.
Los Angeles Times
French historian Kauffmann sweeps readers up in his magnificent obsession for Eugène Delacroixs mural. . . . A masterpiece of investigation, explication, introspection, and narrative, brilliantly illuminating an artists mind and a scholars heart.
Kirkus Reviews
A passionate narrative . . . [a] quiet and insightful meditation on the human skirmish with divinity.
Los Angeles Times
