Art Day by Day 366 - Brushes with History

A daily almanac that presents a selection of events from the history of art for every day of the year, whether it's milestone events or highlights, or even intimate, amusing or enlightening events. \n \nIn Adopting a new approach to art history, Art Day by Day aims to change the pace at which the story is told. Featuring snapshots of the most exciting, unusual and unique art events remarkable people from around the world and from history, through testimonies direct, eyewitness accounts and contemporary chroniclers, this volume is a unique look at the past. \n \nDrawing on articles, diaries, interviews, letters, speeches, transcripts and much more, Art Day by Day presents an important event that happened on this day in art history. Here are the stories of famous paintings, ancient sculptures, comics, photographs, murals, manifestos and weddings, soldiers terracotta to a self-destructing Banksy. \n \nEvery day has its own section, which begins with a long quote giving artists, critics and commentators the opportunity to address us directly, followed by a brief explanatory text, and ends with other events important artistic events of the day, such as births, deaths and exhibition openings. Not all entries are capital, but Each of them is significant. Yes, there are robberies, murders, artistic misadventures and eureka moments, but there are also episodes such as President Theodore Roosevelt's scribbles, the letter from Michelangelo to his nephew about his kidney stones and the green light given to Monet for his water garden. Every day has a story to tell. \n \nA an informative overview of culture through the ages, Art Day by Day is as informative as it is entertaining: the perfect armchair companion and the reference for all art lovers.