I specifically enjoyed Mr. Tetro’s techniques of aging his paintings. How he managed to buy old paper, as well as interesting tidbits about art history.
Giorgio Vasari (30 July, 1515 – 27 June, 1574) was a writer, painter, and engineer from Italy. He is considered to be the foundation of art-history writing.
The subject might be just one painting, but it also tells of the history of the time, military tactics, art history, and religious and regional politics
The Last Leonardo: The Secret Lives of the World’s Most Expensive Painting – a non-fiction book about da Vinci’s painting: Salvator Mundi, sold for $450 million
Hartright, the one who is doing the investigation, doesn’t only talk to witnesses, but also minor characters who can give him background information
The Kill Artist is a well written spy novel, filled with details in all the right places as well as several characters from Silva’s previous novels.