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Catherine the Great
78%
Ivan IV, 'the Terrible' (1533-1584) is one of the key figures in Russian history, yet he has…
Red Sky at Morning
78%
In this powerful book, a renowned environmental leader warns that despite all the international…
Giorgio Morandi: The Art of Silence
85%
Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964), an Italian painter and printmaker renowned for his simple yet stunning…
The Unicorn Tapestries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
79%
The unicorn tapestries are one of the most popular attractions at The Cloisters, the medieval…
The Art and Architecture of Russia
58%
This revised and up-dated history confines itself to Russia west of the Urals, the Russia whose…
The Glory of Venice: Art in the Eighteenth Century
59%
Venice, home of Tiepolo, Canaletto, Piranesi, Piazzetta, and Guardi, was the city of…
Leonardo da Vinci, Master Draftsman
77%
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) stands as a supreme icon in the history of Western civilization. With…
Picasso: The Artist's Studio
75%
For Picasso, the artist's studio was the centre of the world, the crossroads of all that was…
Ralph Rucci: The Art of Weightlessness
66%
Working quietly and without much public attention for more than 20 years, American fashion designer…
Malevich and Film
67%
Russian painter Kazimir Malevich (1878-1935), unlike other prominent Soviet artists, has not been…
Gothic Architecture
55%
Geographically, this survey stretches from Poland to Portugal, from Sicily to Scotland;…
Edvard Munch Behind the Scream
67%
What kind of person could have created 'The Scream', the painting that expresses most vividly the…
Cezanne's Watercolors
59%
Cezanne's watercolours exhibit not only kaleidoscopic arrays of translucence but also very light…
Piggy Foxy and the Sword of Revolution: Bolshevik Self-Portraits
85%
What did the rulers of the Soviet Union truly think about each other? «Piggy Foxy and the Sword of…
Bejewelled by Tiffany, 1837-1987
78%
Since its foundation in 1837, Tiffany & Co. has been a uniquely American brand, famous for glamour,…
The Horse in Art
57%
The horse is an icon of civilization. Man has long depended on the horse in farming,…
Oscar Niemeyer: Curves of Irreverence
75%
Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1907, Oscar Niemeyer is recognized as one of the world’s most fiercely…
Action/abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976
65%
The abstract paintings of Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Barnett Newman, Lee Krasner, Clyfford…
Pop Art is
68%
On January 26, 1957, Richard Hamilton wrote a now-famous letter outlining his definition of what…
Paris Portraits: Artists, Friends, and Lovers
85%
The art of portraiture reached a pinnacle of expressive achievement in early twentieth-century…