Martin Gayford

A choice of art books – from Carpaccio to David Hockney

Other artists include James Gillray, Quentin Blake, Lucian Freud – and those inspired over the centuries by an overlooked subject in art history: the egg

‘Birth of the Virgin’ by Vittore Carpaccio, c. 1502. [Fondazione Accademia Carrara, Bergamo] 
issue 03 December 2022
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