Secret Lives of Great Artists: What Your Teachers Never Told You about Master Painters and Sculptors

by Elizabeth Lunday

Secret Lives of Great Artists recounts the seamy, steamy, and gritty history behind the great masters of international art.

You'll learn that Michelangelo's body odor was so bad, his assistants couldn't stand working for him; that Vincent van Gogh sometimes ate paint directly from the tube; and Georgia O'Keeffe loved to paint in the nude. This is one art history lesson you'll never forget

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159474257X
• ISBN13: 9781594742576
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Quirk Books
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.1"

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Review of Secret Lives of Great Artists

This is not only a well-researched book about the great art masters' lives but also a book full of laugh-out-loud humor. Who knew, as pointed out on page 48, that several of Michelangelo's assistants quit during the four years it took to complete the ceiling of the Sistine chapel - "..hardly suprising since the team lived together and shared a single bed. Since Michelangelo believed bathing was bad for his health, the staff may have been eager to make for the door as soon as possible." Recommended for serious art history students, teachers, and those of us that just enjoy funny stories.