The Story of Drawing: An Alternative History of Art

THIS IS A GOOD HISTORY OF ART- MORE LIKE AN EXTENDED ESSAY MOST GREAT MASTERS OF DRAWING ARE INCLUDED IN THE SURVEY; GUO HSI PIRANESI WATTEAU RAPHAEL MICHELANGELO RUBENS REMBRANDT CLAUDE CONSTABLE BUT FROM MATISSE ONWARDS THERE IS A SHARP DECLINE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF HENRY MOORE THE ART OF PHILOSOPHY AND THE IDEA TAKES ITS PLACE SO VIRTUALLY THERES NOTHING MUCH TO LOOK AT AND TAKE THE BREATH AWAY-INSTEAD THERE ARE REPETITIOUS GRIDS BY AUTOMATONS BLOTS AND BUNGLING FROM GORMLEY AND NAIVE STUFF FROM SEEMINGLY BEGINNERS IS THIS REALLY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BEST O F DRAWING IN HISTORY/ HOW CAN A DRAWING BY AUERBACH BE CONSIDERED AS ANYTHING OTHER THAN INEPT .THESE LATER OFFERINGS SHOW THAT DRAWING NOW IS VERY SLIGHT INDEED AND I HOPE THAT DRAWING WILL REVIVE AND NOT SHARE THE SAME FATE AS PAINTING HAS .SO I HOPE ARTISTS WILL BE INSPIRED BY THE FIRST 17 OR SO CHAPTERS AND DISMISS THE REST