A cultural history through seven coloured lenses. Its broad frame of reference encompasses Shakespeare, Goldfinger (first name Auric), Goethe, Roman marbles, Bronze Age gold, Mayan jade... C... read more
A rich and original account of how the known (Vanessa Bell, Gwen John) and many lesser known artists expressed themselves through their gorgeous vases of flowers, bowls of fruit etc.
Traces Napoleon's accrual of the spoils of war: the negotiated, carefully targeted removal of Renaissance masterpieces including works by Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael, as well as the ... read more
"John seemed only to float in a current of pleasure as reflected in his pictures. But hedonism, always a sturdy attribute, acquires a heroic quality with age...": Ian Collins' biography of C... read more
Definitive biography of this determinedly figurative painter whose 20th century life, through suffrage to feminism, won her a major retrospective at the Whitney, New York in 1974.