Charts the evolution of museums from their origins in princely collections and cabinets of curiosity, through the Enlightenment and the reforming ideals of the C19th, to the emergence of the... read more
The author (an extremely active American lawyer) guides us through her own eclectic collection, from an ancient Chinese horse sculpture to a metal snail from a hardware store. Most of us wou... read more
A handsome book of drawings and watercolours by a skilled and sensitive hand that understands the very different way that the mind reads art as opposed to a computer-generated image.
Not content with his England's Cathedrals, SJ has now gone one better in this fully illustrated guide to Europe's greatest places of worship. Chartres, Moscow...