Sister Wendy's Story of Painting (Enhanced and Expanded Edition) (original 1994; edition 2000)

by Wendy Beckett

Members	Reviews	Popularity	Average rating	Mentions
1,011	5	20,594	(4.23)	8
Overview of painting over the last 800 years, including more than 450 color reproductions and an in depth analysis of over 30 of the most famous paintings.

▾Book information

Member:	metyouwho
Title:	Sister Wendy's Story of Painting (Enhanced and Expanded Edition)
Authors:	Wendy Beckett
Info:	DK ADULT (2000), Hardcover, 736 pages
Collections:	Your library
Rating:
Tags:	None

Work Information

Sister Wendy's Story of Painting by Wendy Beckett (Author) (1994)

all members

▾Members

Recently added by

sycamore.classical, Cansorge, treegardner, sherryearly, jrhopki, rpospisil, bonaparteeunicec, mcginleyfamily, lmackiewicz, KaeveMaeve

▾Tags

▾LibraryThing Recommendations

▾Lists

Sonlight Books (854)

▾Will you like it?

▾Conversations (About links)

No current Talk conversations about this book.

» See also 8 mentions

▾Member reviews

date ▼ | votes

Showing 5 of 5

Beckett has a very good way of explaining how she feels about an understands a painting. (

)

mykl-s | Aug 12, 2023 |

Um, flipped through a half-dozen pp at the library, decided not to borrow.
Maybe the tv show would be more persuasive.

Cheryl_in_CC_NV | Jun 5, 2016 |

Fantastic, in-depth overviews of famous paintings by our favorite lisping nun. I also really like the illustrations and lay-out. The publisher, Dorling-Kindersley, can usually be relied upon to produce quality work, especially when it has a strong visual element. Almost any of their art-related books are worth picking up. (

)

saturnloft | Aug 28, 2013 |

Sister Wendy's vivid, personal interpretations of nearly 450 paintings. Awesome!

mwittkids | Nov 30, 2007 |

Provides a background in art history...

SHCG | Jun 20, 2017 |

date ▼ | votes

Showing 5 of 5

▾Published reviews

no reviews | add a review

▾Other authors

» Add other authors

Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Beckett, Wendy	Author	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Edmonds, Gwen	Senior editor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Warwick, Joanna	Editor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Viebahn, Sebastian	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

▾Series and work relationships

▾Awards and Honors

Awards

Benjamin Franklin Award (Arts (Art/Music/Photography) – 2001)

view history

▾Common Knowledge

You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.

For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.

Canonical title

Sister Wendy's Story of Painting

Original title

Alternative titles

Original publication date

People/Characters

Important places

Altamira Cave, Santillana del Mar, Cantabria, Spain

Important events

Related movies

Epigraph

Dedication

First words

Quotations

Last words

Disambiguation notice

Publisher's editors

Blurbers

Original language

English

Canonical DDC/MDS

Canonical LCC

▾References

References to this work on external resources.

Wikipedia in English (10)

Domine quo vadis?

Elizabeth Ann Linley

Joachim Wtewael

Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (painting)

Self-portrait without beard

Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth

The Three Philosophers

Van Gogh self-portrait (1889)

Venus Consoling Love

Wivenhoe Park (painting)

▾Book descriptions

Overview of painting over the last 800 years, including more than 450 color reproductions and an in depth analysis of over 30 of the most famous paintings.

▾Library descriptions

No library descriptions found.

▾LibraryThing members' description

Book description

Haiku summary