artists studio a cultural history W-2-3 This is not only an

This is not only an immense treasure trove of biographical and art-historical information

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Hans Bjarne Thomsen is chair for East Asian art history at the University of Zurich

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artists studio a cultural history W-2-3 This is not only anAn exciting narrative and visual history of the artists studio, examining the myth and reality of the creative space from early times to today. The artists workplace has always been an imaginary as well as an actual location, an idealized utopia as well as the domain of dirty, back breaking work. Written descriptions, paintings, prints and even photographs of the artists atelier distort as much as they document. This pioneering cultural history charts