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'This inspiring book takes you where so many other art books fear to tread: up close ... The results are revelatory' - Artists & Illustrators 'A handsome and useful guide to how great paintings work their magic upon us' - Independent

'Written entertainingly and with clarity ... Read this and you really will start to appreciate the mastery of the art of our recent times' - The Artist 'This inspiring book takes you where so many other art books fear to tread: up close ... The results are revelatory' - Artists & Illustrators 'A handsome and useful guide to how great paintings work their magic upon us' - Independent

One of The Best Art Books of 2017 A handsome and useful guide to how great paintings work their magic upon us... In part a technical examination, and in part a free-floating poetic interpretation of a much more personal kind.

'A handsome and useful guide to how great paintings work their magic upon us' - Independent 'This inspiring book takes you where so many other art books fear to tread: up close ... The results are revelatory' - Artists & Illustrators 'Written entertainingly and with clarity ... Read this and you really will start to appreciate the mastery of the art of our recent times' - The Artist

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Susie Hodge is an art historian, author, artist and journalist with more than 100 books to her name. She has an MA in the History of Art from Birkbeck, University of London, and is a Fellow of the RSA. She has twice been named the No. 1 art writer by the Independent.

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