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Power of Art, The (1st Edition) by Simon Schama Hardcover, 448 Pages, Published 2006 ISBN-10: 0-06-117610-9 / 0061176109 ISBN-13: 978-0-06-117610-4 / 9780061176104 "Great art has dreadful manners," Simon Schama observes wryly at the start of his epic and explosive exploration of the power, and whole point, of art. "The hushed reverence of the gallery can fool you into believing masterpieces are polite things; visions that soothe, charm and beguile, but actual |