Tony Grist (poliphilo) wrote,
Tony Grist
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Art History Isn't Just About The Stuff In Galleries

One of the things I liked about Amanda Vickery's Story of Women in Art is that she didn't stick with the so-called fine arts but made a case for the importance of artists like the interior designer Karin Larsson and the garden designer Gertrude Jekyll- pointing out that they have had a much greater influence on the culture than any painter or sculptor....
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