Overview
Scandal, shock, and rivalry all have negative connotations, don't they? They can be catastrophic to businesses and individual careers. A whiff of scandal can turn a politician into a smoking ruin. But these potentially disastrous negatives can and have spurred the world of fine art to new heights. A look at the history of art tells us that rivalries have, in fact, not only benefited the course of art, from ancient times to the present, but have also helped shape our narrative of art, lending it a sense of drama that it might otherwise lack, and therefore drawing the interest of a public who might not be drawn to the objects alone. The Devil in the Gallery is a guided tour of the history of art through it scandals, rivalries, and shocking acts, each of which resulted in a positive step forward for art in general and, in most cases, for the careers of the artists in question. In addition to telling dozens of stories of such dramatic moments and arguing how they not only affected the history of art but affected it for the better, we will also examine the proactive role of the recipients of these intentionally dramatic actions: The art historians, the critics and even you, the general public. The Devil likes to lurk in dark corners of the art world, morphing into many forms. Let us shed light upon him.
Full Product Details
Author: Noah Charney ,
Julian Elfer
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Imprint: Tantor Audio
ISBN: 9798212114981
Publication Date: 26 October 2021
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Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Listeners will feel they are sitting in a museum gallery, hearing narrator Julian Elfer lecture in his cultured British voice about the positive effects of scandal, shock, and rivalry on the art world.-- AudioFile
Author Information
Noah Charney is the author of the internationally bestselling novel The Art Thief and the founding director of the Association for Research into Crimes against Art, an international nonprofit think tank. His work in the field of art crime has been praised in such forums as the New York Times Magazine, Time, Vanity Fair, Vogue, BBC Radio, and NPR. Currently a professor of art history at the American University of Rome, he lives in Italy with his wife. British-born Julian Elfer is an award-winning New York City-based actor and audiobook narrator with over fifty titles to his credit. Recently hailed by the New York Times and Wall Street Journal for his lead performance in the Mint a Theatre Company's A Day by the Sea, Julian brings a unique facility for characterization in fiction and an empathy for the personalities and events of the past.
