{"product_id":"children-of-mercury-spike-bucklow-9781789145236","title":"Children of Mercury: The Lives of the Painters","description":"\u003cb\u003eFollowing \"the seven ages of man\" from infancy to death, an innovative retelling of the lives of premodern painters both famous and forgotten.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eChildren of Mercury\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eAs You Like It\u003c\/i\u003e. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Spike Bucklow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1789145236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781789145236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Reaktion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.70d","brand":"Spike Bucklow","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44077396230399,"sku":"9781789145236","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_47efd85a-77a4-4a5e-b421-0441e1800630.jpg?v=1685469743","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/children-of-mercury-spike-bucklow-9781789145236","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}