Controversial George Thomas Clark usually challenges our sense of perception about politics and historical figures as well as contemporary ones. In this current book he gives his capacious imagination full range and enters the minds of artists both dead and living and allows us to hear their perceptions of not only their work but also that of their compatriots and the history of art and styles of that time in which they lived.

How he came up with this idea is a puzzle: he obviously is an art lover and a knowledgeable art historian, but he also displays insights into the minds of creative people based as much on the paintings he sees as on his rather deep knowledge of their lives. This is a course in art history, the psychology of the artistic temperament, and a parody of sorts. GeorgeThomas Clark simply writes very well.

-- Grady Harp - Amazon Reviewer