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The Stories of the Mona Lisa: An Imaginary Museum Tale about the History of Modern Art
Author(s): Piotr Barsony (Author)
- Publisher: Sky Pony Press
- Publication Date: 15 Nov. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 56 pages
- ISBN-10: 1620872285
- ISBN-13: 9781620872284
Book Description
This book provides the fascinating history of modern painting through what many consider the most famous work in the history of art: the Mona Lisa. Piotr acts as the guide for his young daughter, taking us on a journey through an imaginary museum. He describes famous art movements and artists, including: impressionism, cubism, expressionism, favism, minimalism, surrealism; Monet, Manet, Cezanne, Picasso, Bacon, Pollock, and more. All of the most famous painters of the modern and contemporary art movements are explained with their own Mona Lisa portraits, in their signature styles.
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About the Author
Piotr Barsony is a painter, illustrator, songwriter, author, screenwriter, and cartoonist. His character Mark Edito was popular with readers of The Echo Savannah in the 1980s. Barsony recently created a comic for the perfumes by Thierry Mugler. He studied art at ecole des Beaux- Arts, Paris.
