Pre-eminent author and art historian Simon Schama has written widely on art for many years to great acclaim. Hang-Ups, a personal selection of his articles from, amongst other publications, The New Yorker, contains pieces on artists as diverse as David Hockney, Rembrandt, and Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Brilliantly and lucidly written by one of the most singular voices in non-fiction, this volume of provocative and often idiosyncratic essays makes highly satisfying reading for lovers of both art and social history.

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