SOUTH FROM EPHESUS

by Brian Sewell

Suddenly weary of the tyranny of Western European art, Brian Sewell first visited Turkey in 1975. Delighted by the unexpected wealth of Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Islamitic cultures there, he returned three of four times a year until 1990.

This book is based on his early journeys in Aegean Turkey following in teh footsteps of early nineteenth-century travellers, some of them responsible for finding great treasures.

Sewell paints and exotic and idiosyncratically researched picture of ancient Asia minor, its influence on European culture and its modern inhabitants, self-mocking and autobiographical.

Genres: Art, Travel

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Brian R Sewell (born 15 July 1931 in Market Bosworth, Leicestershire) was an English art critic and media personality. He wrote for the London Evening Standard and was noted for his acerbic view of conceptual art and the Turner Prize. He was been described as "Britain's most famous and controversial art critic".