Carter, Miranda

Anthony Blunt

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ISBN 13:: 9780330367660
author:: Carter, Miranda
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Pan
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2002
Pages:: 608
Dimensions:: 13 x 3.6 x 19.8 centimetres (0.3
Genre:: Biography: general
Condition:: New
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Anthony Blunt: A Life of Contrasts Anthony Blunt, a man of many contradictions, was a Surveyor of the King's Pictures and Director of the Courtauld Institute. His life was marked by a deep passion for art history, as well as a secret life as a Soviet mole. Blunt's reputation as an art historian was unparalleled, with volumes on Poussin, French and Italian art, and old master drawings still widely read today. While his espionage activities were a closely guarded secret, Blunt's artistic achievements were open to all. He made a significant contribution to the establishment of art history as an academic discipline, training a generation of world-class academics and curators at the Courtauld. His life was one of contrasts, with a seemingly ordinary existence on the surface, but a complex and intriguing inner life.

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