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Henri Rousseau (1844-1910) emerged from humble circumstances - reflected in his nickname, "the customs official". This book covers Rousseau's development into an artist whose work depicts a mixture of primitive idyll and flight from civilization, holding a secure place in the history of art...

A detailed chronological summary of Jan van Eyck's life and work, covering the cultural and historical importance of the artist. Renaissance realist The Arnolfini Portrait, depicting the wedding of a young couple, is one of the most famous paintings of the Early Renaissance. W...

A beautiful memoir, travelogue, and meditation on stone by artist and stone mason Beatrice Searle. At the age of twenty-six, Beatrice Searle crossed the North sea and walked 500 miles through Southern Norway on a medieval pilgrim path to Nidaros Cathedral, taking with her a 40-kilo stone fr...

The legacy of the Italian tenor's music lives on with this album which sees the iconic operatic star collaborate with artists such as Eric Clapton, Sting, Andrea Bocelli, Elton John and U2.

This text combines a modern structure with a profound and genuine analysis of the artist's work. It is a perfect way to explore the universe of this artist.

In July 2005, Robert Macfarlane and Roger Deakin travelled to explore the holloways of South Dorset's sandstone. They found their way into a landscape of shadows, spectres and great strangeness. Six years later, after Deakin's early death, Macfarlane returned to the holloway with the art...

When Ella married the handsome, celebrated artist Sebastian Montclair at just 19 she was madly in love. Now, those blissful years of marriage have turned into the very definition of an unconventional set-up. Separated in every way but distance, Sebastian resides in an outhouse across the...

Odeline Milk is a strange young lady from the suburbs. She is a woman with an obsession - you can guess what it is by the way she dresses: white collarless shirt, a waistcoat and billowing black trousers, the bowler hat. She's on her way to London, to make her name as a great mime arti...

How does the stuff we see in art galleries or the middle of roundabouts come to be made and valued? Drawing on his life as an artist, Grayson Perry sets off to explore the boundaries and tensions at the heart of modern art, with many visual aids along the way. From the slippery su...

Former Chief Inspector of Homicide, Armand Gamache, has found a peace he'd never imagined possible, away from the front line of the police and in the tranquil village of Three Pines. But when his friend Clara Morrow asks for help, he can't bring himself to refuse her, despite the old woun...

33rd studio album by the American recording artist. Featuring all new material, the album debuted at #8 in the UK Albums Chart. The album features the tracks 'The Gold Standard', 'Breakfast Can Wait' and 'Way Back Home'.

Popular teacher and artist Alena Hennessy takes an open, unintimidating approach to painting, encouraging beginners to play, experiment, and discover their own personal style. She offers simple step-by-step instructions, tips on tools and materials, and 50 illustrated creativity prompts, from w...

Auburn Reed has her entire life mapped out. Her goals are in sight and there's no room for mistakes. But when she walks into a Dallas art studio in search of a job, she doesn't expect to find a deep attraction to the enigmatic artist who works there, Owen Gentry. For once, Auburn takes a risk...

A portrait opens a window into a person's life: who they were and wanted to be, who the artist saw and how everyone else looked on. From the divine paintings of Elizabeth I to the iconic photograph of 'bulldog' Churchill; from Victorian portraits of dead children to Hockney's of his elder...

Expressionism is a style of art in which the intention is not to reproduce a subject accurately, but instead to portray it in such a way as to express the inner state of the artist. Leading expressionists included Wassily Kandinsky, George Grosz, Franz Marc, and Amadeo Modigliani.

Superman has been called many things, from the defender of truth, justice and the American way to the Big Blue Boy Scout. But now he is being called something he has never been called before: a threat to all humanity. Brian Azzarello and artist Lee Bermejo - the acclaimed team who bro...

Before he joined the rebellion, before he ran Cloud City, Lando Calrissian made his way in the galaxy getting by on some swindles, some swagger and a smile. Lobot at his side, Lando has a plan to steal a very valuable ship - but has he bitten off more than he can chew? Writer Charles Soule ...

In the latter half of the 19th century, in the verdant countryside near Aix-en-Provence, Paul Cezanne busily plied his brush to landscapes and still lifes that would become anchors of modern art. With compact, intense dabs of paint and bold new approaches to light and space, he mediated th...

'The Artist's Way' provides a twelve-week course that guides you through the process of recovering your creative self. It aims to dispel the 'I'm not talented enough' conditioning that holds many people back and helps you to unleash your own inner artist. Its step-by-step approach enabl...