REVIEW: The Oxford History of Western Art.(Book Review)

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Martin Kemp has collected together the thoughts of over fifty renowned art historians from across the world in 'The Oxford History of Western Art'.

Rather than presenting a linear history of Western art as most editor's tackling this mammoth subject might, Kemp instead allows subjects to be revealed to the reader in a more natural way, as the traditional 'period' method of grouping art and artists together is r...

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