The Art of Reading: An Illustrated History of Books in Paint

For art and book lovers alike, this beautiful volume explores the relationship between books, the artist, and Western painting over the past six centuries.

About the author

Jamie Camplin is a Cambridge-educated historian who retired in 2013 from a distinguished career as Thames & Hudson's editorial and then managing director. He is the author of The Rise of the Plutocrats: Wealth and Power in Edwardian England and the historical novel 1914 The King Must Die. Maria Ranauro studied art history at the Courtauld Institute of Art before joining the publishing department at the National Gallery, London, where she was responsible for the visual content of a number of seminal exhibition catalogues. She is now a senior picture researcher at Thames & Hudson.

Product details

• Authors: Jamie Camplin, Maria Ranauro
• Publisher: Getty Publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.10.2018
• EAN: 9781606065860
• ISBN: 978-1-60606-586-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 176 mm x 251 mm x 32 mm
• Weight: 877 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history