Children of Mercury: The Lives of the Painters by Bucklow, Spike

Children of Mercury: The Lives of the Painters (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781789145236)

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Format: Hardcover
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Children of Mercury: The Lives of the Painters by Bucklow, Spike

Children of Mercury: The Lives of the Painters

$27.50
Children of Mercury: The Lives of the Painters by Bucklow, Spike

Children of Mercury: The Lives of the Painters

$27.50
Format: Hardcover
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Following "the seven ages of man" from infancy to death, an innovative retelling of the lives of premodern painters both famous and forgotten.

Children of Mercury is a bold new account of the lives of premodern painters, viewed through the lens of "the seven ages of man," a widespread belief made famous in the "All the world's a stage" speech in Shakespeare's As You Like It. Spike Bucklow follows artists' lives from infancy through childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, to maturity, old age, and death. He tracks how lives unfolded for both male and female painters, from the famous, like Michelangelo, through Artemisia Gentileschi and Mary Beale, to those who are now forgotten, like Jehan Gillemer. The book draws on historic biographies, the artists' writings, and, uniquely, the physical evidence offered by their paintings.

Author: Spike Bucklow
ISBN-10: 1789145236
ISBN-13: 9781789145236
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Language: English
Published: 07/06/2022
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.70d
By Spike Bucklow
By Spike Bucklow
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Spike Bucklow is professor of material culture and a conservation scientist at the Hamilton Kerr Institute, University of Cambridge. He is the author of numerous books on artists' materials and methods, including The Anatomy of Riches: Sir Robert Paston's Treasure, also published by Reaktion Books.

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