James Hall is a freelance art critic and historian. A former art critic for the Guardian. He contributes to The Guardian Saturday Review, The Times, and Times Literary Supplement, as well as to many magazines and catalogs. He is the author of several books, including The Self-Portrait: A Cultural History.
Books in order of publication:
The World As Sculpture – 1999
Michelangelo and the Reinvention of the Human Body – 2005
Coffee with Michelangelo – 2007
The Sinister Side: How Left-Right Symbolism Shaped Western Art – 2008
The Self-Portrait: A Cultural History – 2016
Luigi Pericle: A Rediscovery – 2022
The Artist’s Studio: A Cultural History – 2023
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