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  • Rogues' Gallery

    The Rise (and Occasional Fall) of Art Dealers, the Hidden Players in the History of Art

    by Philip Hook ...
    This "expert and elegantly written" book reveals how dealers have been a major force in art history from the Renaissance to the avant garde ( The Guardian, UK).Philip Hook's riveting narrative takes us from the early days of art dealing in Antwerp, where paintings were sold by weight, to the unassailable hauteur of contemporary galleries in New York, London, Paris, and beyond. Along the way, we ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Breakfast at Sotheby's

    An A-Z of the Art World

    by Philip Hook ...
    Breakfast at Sotheby's is a wry, intimate, truly insider-y exploration of how art acquires its financial value, from Philip Hook, a senior director at Sotheby'sWhen you stand in front of a work of art in a museum or exhibition, the first two questions you normally ask yourself are 1) Do I like it? And 2) Who's it by? When you stand in front of a work of art in an auction room or dealer's gallery, ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Modern

    Genius, Madness, and One Tumultuous Decade That Changed Art Forever

    by Philip Hook ...
    A revelatory, fast-paced account of the most exciting, frenzied, and revolutionary decade in art history—1905 to the dawn of World War I in 1914—and the avant-garde artists who indelibly changed our visual landscapeModern begins on a specific day—March 22, 1905—at a specific place: the Salon des Indépendants in Paris, where works of art we recognize as modern were first exhibited. Drawing on his ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Tales of the Art World

    And Other Stories

    by Philip Hook ...
    Philip Hook returns to fiction in this collection of short stories. Many are set in the art world, of which the author has deep inside knowledge. Others are about cricket, football, war, espionage and marriage. Some are funny, some are moving, some are surreal. All of them are compulsive reading. ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD

  • An Innocent Eye

    by Philip Hook ...
    A man is found dead in a London hotel room, the only clue to his identity a polaroidof a lost Impressionist painting. A young man inherits his mother's diaries and realisesher early life in France was much more eventful than he'd realised.And as the extent of the past's effect on the present becomes clear, Daniel iscaught up in a web of conspiracy and betrayal that began decades ago. ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The Soldier in the Wheatfield

    by Philip Hook ...
    Parnello Moran buys a German romantic landscape at an auction, but then it's stolen from him. When he sets out to recover it he discovers all its recent owners met violent deaths. Gradually he uncovers a deeper past, and the biggest surprise of all - the secret of the soldier in the wheatfield. ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The Island of the Dead

    by Philip Hook ...
    While investigating the mutilation of a painting in a London gallery, journalist Minto Maitland finds himself drawn into a horrific story of brutality and betrayal during the Hungarian revolution. Exposing odd connections to art dealer Alexander Courtney, Maitland suspects an appalling secret. ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The Stonebreakers

    by Philip Hook ...
    1945, an art historian leads a convoy towards Dresden. Fifty years later, Oswald Ginn is sent a photograph of a masterpiece presumed destroyed in the bombing of Dresden. As the art world speculates, three people are propelled on an international search, and someone sits back and watches. ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The Ultimate Trophy

    How The Impressionist Painting Conquered The World

    by Philip Hook ...
    In 1892 Degas' painting In the Café was sold for a mere 180 guineas at auction, with the public hissing as the hammer fell. Less than a century later another Impressionist work, Renoir's Moulin de la Galette, sold at Sotheby's for $78 million, accompanied by enthusiastic applause. In this history-cum-memoir Philip Hook, Senior Director of Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern Art department, examines ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

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    Rogues' Gallery

    The Rise (And Occasional Fall) of Art Dealers, the Hidden Players in the History of Art

    by Philip Hook ...
    Narrated by Nigel Patterson ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 8 min

    Here for the first time is the history of art dealers, those extraordinary men and women who, over centuries (and almost entirely out of the public eye), built their profession on a singular skill: identifying the intangible but infinitely desirable qualities that characterize the greatest works of art—and finding clients for whom those qualities are irresistible.Philip Hook's riveting narrative ... Read more

    $35.72 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Corunna 1809

    Sir John Moore’s Fighting Retreat

    by Philip Haythornthwaite ...
    Series Book 83 - Campaign
    A fully illustrated and detailed account of the retreat to Corunna, one of the epic campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars.Late in 1808 Sir John Moore found himself virtually alone with his small British army deep inside Spain. The armies of his Spanish allies had been overwhelmed and he faced a victorious French force under the Emperor Napoleon. He had little option but to order a retreat to the port ... Read more

    $21.19 CAD

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    Modern

    Genius, Madness, and One Tumultuous Decade That Changed Art Forever

    by Philip Hook ...
    Narrated by David Vickery ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 31 min

    Modern begins on a specific day—March 22, 1905—at a specific place: the Salon des Indépendants in Paris, where works of art we recognize as modern were first exhibited. Drawing on his forty five-year fine art career, author Philip Hook illuminates how this new art came to be—and how truly shocking it was.We witness movement upon movement that burst forth in dizzying succession: Fauvism, ... Read more

    $35.72 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook