New Statesman - <![CDATA[Brian Sewell]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/brian_sewell en <![CDATA[The line of beauty]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2008/06/flick-art-perugino-raphael http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2008/06/flick-art-perugino-raphael Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:24:21 GMT Brian Sewell In a brilliant and accessible study, Gert-Rudolf Flick unveils a succession of 18 artists - masters and pupils, stretching over five centuries from Perugino to Manet, by way of Raphael and David. Brian Sewell applauds a fascinating account of the how and what, the when and why of art

The line of beauty

Masters and Pupils: the Artistic Succession from Perugino to Manet (1480-1880), Gert-Rudolf Flick, Hogarth Arts, 392pp, £50

Dr Gert-Rudolf Flick is that rare thing in his discipline - an art historian untrammelled by the shackles of academe and the need to teach within the constraints of an examination syllabus. Not for him the brief sabbatical in which disjointed lectures must be strung together as a [...]

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