Written in Water: The Ephemeral Life of the Classic in Art -- Rochelle Gurstein, Hardcover The El Daoud " "Louisiana Lady

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Written in Water: The Ephemeral Life of the Classic in Art -- Rochelle Gurstein, Hardcover The El Daoud " "Louisiana LadyA deeply personal yet broadly relevant exploration of the ephemeral life of the classic in art, from the eighteenth century to our own day Is there such a thing as a timeless classic? More than a decade ago, Rochelle Gurstein set out to explore and establish a solid foundation for the classic in the history of taste. To her surprise, that history instead revealed repeated episodes of soaring and falling reputations, rediscoveries of long forgotten