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by Jean Lipman

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Surveys the numerous contemporary artworks that take other art as their subject, especially those that reinterpret or parody the work of the old masters.

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Genres: Art & Design, Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 709.73 — Arts & recreation Arts History, geographic treatment, biography North America United States
LCC: N6512 .L56 — Fine Arts Visual arts History
BISAC: ART ART General

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Published: 1978
Genres: Art & Design, Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 709.73
LCC: N6512 .L56

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