"A pleasure to read

and Christina Strunck

describing the underlying concepts and the relationship to the ancient Roman models as well as their architectural and sculptural elements

this book differs from typical overviews of ancient civilisations in that it discusses politics

—Bookforum

The Life and the Work: Art and Biography Dads & Grads 2024 "A pleasure to readEdited by Charles G. Salas It is often assumed that reading about the lives of artists enhances our understanding of their workand that their work reveals something about thembut the relationship between biography and art is rarely straightforward. In The Life and the Work, art historians Thomas Crow, Charles Harrison, Rosalind Krauss, Debora Silverman, Paul Smith, and Robert Williams address this fundamental if convoluted relationship. Looking to