Reviews for What of Shoes? Van Gogh and Art History

The average rating for What of Shoes? Van Gogh and Art History based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-11-27 00:00:00 Matthew Wellman This book provides a primarily pictorial history of the life of Leonardo and the legend of the Mona Lisa. It begins with paintings of Leonardo's milieu - northern Italy during the Renaissance - as well as paintings, drawings, and diagrams made by Leonardo and his contemporaries; continues with the story of the painting's growing fame and some of its greatest admirers, including such protean figures as Napoleon Bonaparte and Oscar Wilde; covers the personalities and events surrounding the theft of the painting in 1911 in what undoubtedly was the greatest artwork heist in history and its eventual return to the Louvre; and concludes with Mona's more contemporary as a focus of celebrity culture and pop-art ripoffs. As time goes by, photographs gradually replace paintings and drawings in the book's narrative. All in all, this book provides an interesting, though not very substantive, history of the world's most famous painting.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-08-26 00:00:00 Wouter Cortebeeck This is a fun book. It is a short history on the Mona Lisa from the very beginning to 2005. "Leonardo and the Mona Lisa Story" is a visual journey through the life of Mona Lisa. Donald Sassoon tells the story of the painting through words and pictures. What a great way to tell an art story; pictures and words.