My Favorite Things: 75 Works of Art from Around the World

Author: Sister Wendy Beckett
Title: My Favorite Things: 75 Works of Art from Around the World
Publication: Harry N. Abrams, 1999

Description: Hardcover. New oversized hardcover (8.5 x 9.75 inches) in new dust jacket. Pages are clean and free of marks or underlining. Includes full color art prints. 159 pp.

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Through her popular television series and numerous books on art, Sister Wendy Beckett has introduced millions to the pleasures of painting and sculpture. Now, with My Favorite Things: 75 Works of Art from Around the World, Sister Wendy gives us her most personal and eclectic book to date.

In short essays, Sister Wendy conveys her affection for 75 favorite works of art. Her diverse and engaging selection covers painting, sculpture,
decorative art, even architecture. Some of her choices are quite famous; among them works by
Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Van Gogh, and Vermeer, to name just a few. Then there are those unexpected surprises, like a Chinese painting and French porcelain figures. Each work of art is assessed with fondness and admiration, whether it is an icon of Western art history or a little-known work by an anonymous artist.

Lavishly illustrated in color, My Favorite Things
is a great introduction to various styles and periods in art history for readers of all ages. For Sister Wendy's innumerable fans, this book is a splendid collection of essays that will remind them why they fell in love with her in the first place. Everyone will be charmed by Sister Wendy's joyful and lively prose and her superb choice of artworks that deserve universal admiration.

Seller ID: 200531

Subject: Art



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