Pieter Bruegel
Larry Silver, a historian of Northern Renaissance art, received his Ph.D. from Harvard University and…
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Art and Physics: Parallel Visions in Space, Time, and Light
Art interprets the visible world, physics charts its unseen workings–making the two realms seem completely…
Ilya Repin
Ilya Repin was a leading Russian painter and sculptor who is most famous for his…
Lust for Life
LUST FOR LIFE is a fictionalized biography of the Dutch painter, Vincent Van Gogh and…
Emily Carr
Emily Carr’s life and work are familiar, but what kind of world shaped this fascinating…
Gauguin: Maker of Myth
This major reevaluation of Paul Gauguin presents the artist and his work in an entirely…
World Through Blunted Sight: An Inquiry into the Influence of Defective Vision on Art and Character
How did faulty or failing eyesight affect the style and technique of writers and artists.…
Leonardo’s Ink Bottle: The Artist’s Way of Seeing
1998 Celestial Arts oversized trade PB, first ed.”An artist’s search for the unique.” The author,Roberta…
Rembrandt: The Painter at Work
Rembrandt’s intriguing painting technique stirred the imaginations of art lovers during his lifetime and has…
Monet or The Triumph of Impressionism
Along with Turner, no artist has sought more than Claude Monet (1840-1926) to capture light…