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Albert Watson: Creating Photographs by Albert Watson
Category: Art and Design | Series: Masters of Photography Ser.
Let legendary fashion and portrait photographer Albert Watson guide you through how he captures his amazing images. In a series of bite-sized lessons Watson unveils the stories behind his most-famous shots and gives you the inspiration, tips and ideas to take into your own photography - from how to work ...Show more
Alfred Hitchcock: Masters of Cinema Series by Bill Krohn
Category: Film & Tv | Series: Masters of Cinema Ser.
Jessica Hart has never forgotten Matthew Landley. After all, he was her first love when she was fifteen years old. But he was also her school maths teacher, and their forbidden affair ended in scandal with his arrest and imprisonment. Now, seventeen years later, Matthew returns with a new identity, a lo ...Show more
Alfred Hitchcock: Masters of Cinema Series by Bill Krohn
Category: Film | Series: Masters of Cinema Series
Alfred Hitchcock (UK, 1899-1980) is undeniably the world's most famous film director. His name has become synonymous with the cinema, and each new generation takes the same pleasure in rediscovering his films, which are now treasures of our artistic heritage. Hitchcock started out in the British s ...Show more
Antony and Cleopatra by Colleen McCullough
Category: Fiction | Series: Masters of Rome Ser.
Mark Antony, famous warrior and legendary lover, expects that he will be Julius Caesar's successor. But when Caesar is murdered, his eighteen year old nephew, Octavian, is named as his heir. No-one, least of all Antony, expects Octavian to last; but his youth and slight frame conceal a remarkable determ ...Show more
Billy Wilder: Masters of Cinema Series by Paolo Mereghetti; Noël Simsolo
Category: Film | Series: Masters of Cinema Ser.
Billy Wilder (USA, 1906-2002) is an undisputed master of American comedy, taking situation comedy to the edge of the absurd in Some Like it Hot(1959). But he also made pessimistic melodramas such as Sunset Boulevard(1950), in which Gloria Swanson gives a moving performance as a fallen star, and a few fi ...Show more
Botticelli: Masters of Art by Frederico Poletti
Category: Art | Series: Masters of Art Ser.
The Florentine painter Botticelli personifies the Golden Age of the early Renaissance. Best known for The Birth of Venus and Primavera, Botticelli painted with an expressive poeticism that eschewed formal realism. He used line and colour to gorgeous effect, creating some of the most beloved and familiar ...Show more
Bruegel: Masters of Art by William Dello Russo
Category: Art and Design | Series: Masters of Art Ser.
A Renaissance painter and printmaker best known for his landscapes and peasant scenes, Bruegel's paintings were often unsentimental depictions of daily village life. Overflowing with impeccably reproduced images, this book offers full page spreads of masterpieces as well as highlights of smaller details ...Show more
Caesar by Mccullough Colleen
Category: Fiction | Series: Masters of Rome Ser.
The fifth book in the epic Masters of Rome series.Gaul. 54 BC. Julius Caesar sweeps across Gaul, brutally subduing the united tribes who defy the Republic. But, at home, his enemies are orchestrating his downfall and disgrace. Vindictive schemers like Cato and Bibulus, the spineless Cicero, the avaricio ...Show more
Caesar's Women by Colleen McCullough
Category: Fiction | Series: Masters of Rome Ser.
By the author of Thornbirds, this is the fourth in the Masters of Rome series and centres around Caesar in his ascension. The Republic of Rome is as much a place of women as it is of men, and no one knows Rome's women quite as Caesar does.
Caravaggio: Masters of Art by Stefano Zuffi
Category: Art and Design | Series: Masters of Art Ser.
Although fewer than eighty of Caravaggio's painted works exist, they represent a critical moment in the development of European painting as the Renaissance style gave way to that of the Baroque. This monograph explores the Italian master's entire life and career by focusing on the most important of his ...Show more
Cezanne: Masters of Art by Roberat Bernabei
Category: Art | Series: Masters of Art Ser.
Widely regarded as the bridging link between late nineteenth-century Impressionism and Cubism, Cezanne's work is characterized by his intense study of his subjects. Overflowing with impeccably reproduced images, this book offers full-page spreads of masterpieces as well as highlights of smaller details ...Show more
Chagall: Masters of Art by INES SCHLENKER
Category: Art and Design | Series: Masters of Art Ser.
Explore the vibrant work of artist Marc Chagall in this lively introduction and discover how his unique narrative style embraced Jewish culture and folklore. Marc Chagall's remarkable oeuvre spans a variety of media; from painting, ceramics, and stained glass to illustration, tapestry, and stage set ...Show more