A recent trend in book cover design: “It tends to lay blaringly bright type in a sans-serif font atop a painting, usually a few centuries old but not always.” See My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh.
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Big Swiss and The Safekeep are the two books I love that immediately came to mind, even if they aren't mentioned in the article.
I loved this article, and am so grateful for its inclusion of the book “Among Friends” and the fascinating painting “Life During Wartime,” by Bo Bartlett (oil on linen, 2018). It sent me down a Bo Bartlett rabbit hole, and I’m still there, loving his work.
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