Alive in Shape and Color: 17 Paintings by Great Artists and the Stories They Inspired

by Lawrence Block, Jill D. Block, ·, et al.

Book Overview

Any number of artists have produced evocative work, paintings that could trigger a literary response. But none came to mind who could equal Hopper in turning out canvas after canvas. If no single artist could take Hopper's place, how about a full palette of them? Suppose each author was invited to select a painting from the whole panoply of visual art--From the cave drawings at Lascaux to a contemporary abstract canvas on which the paint has barely...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1681775611
• ISBN13: 9781681775616
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Pegasus Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"