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Tumblers of Rolan by Michael B. Fletcher
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: Masters of Scent Ser.
An uneasy peace follows the devastating civil war in Ean which ousted the vicious Sutanite ruler, Jakus. But the deposed leader heads an invasion force to seek revenge and to obtain supplies of a scent-enhancing crystal held in the peaceful neighbouring country of Rolan, that will intensify his powers. ...Show more
Turner: Masters of Art by Gabriele Crepaldi
Category: Art and Design | Series: Masters of Art Ser.
Perhaps the best-loved English romantic painter, Turner became known as the painter of light.A" The use of brilliant watercolour characterizes his numerous landscapes. Travelling throughout Europe, Turner captured the vitality of urban and pastoral scenes. As he developed his technique, his paintings to ...Show more
Turner - Masters of Art by Alexander Adams
Category: Art | Series: Masters of Art Ser.
Filled with brilliant reproductions and engaging texts reflecting the latest scholarship, this portable and attractively priced volume is the perfect introduction to one of the most important pioneers of modernism in Britain and beyond. Joseph Mallord William Turner is considered a trailblazer of modern ...Show more
Van Eyck: Masters of Art by Simone Ferrari
Category: Art and Design | Series: Masters of Art Ser.
A fifteenth-century Flemish painter who spent most of his life in Bruges, van Eyck was revered for his innovative manipulation of oil paint. Overflowing with impeccably reproduced images, this book offers full-page spreads of masterpieces as well as highlights of smaller details - allowing the viewer t ...Show more
Van Gogh: Masters of Art by RAPELLI ANNA PAOLA
Category: Art and Design | Series: Masters of Art Ser.
Tracing the arc of van Gogh's career, this volume presents his portraits and self-portraits, landscapes, and haunting interiors. Readers will learn details of van Gogh's complicated personal life including his struggles with mental illness and his close but difficult relationship with his brother, Th ...Show more
Vermeer: Masters of Art by Maurizia Tazartes
Category: Art and Design | Series: Masters of Art Ser.
A seventeenth century Dutch painter who lived his entire life in Delft, Vermeer is renowned for his masterly use of light. Only a very small number of Vermeer's paintings are known to exist. Overflowing with impeccably reproduced images, this book offers full page spreads of masterpieces as well as high ...Show more
Vermeer: Masters of Art by ALEXANDER ADAMS
Category: Art | Series: Masters of Art Ser.
Filled with brilliant reproductions and engaging texts and reflecting the latest scholarship, this portable and attractively priced volume is the perfect introduction to the most celebrated painter of the Dutch Golden Age. Highlighted by domestic scenes and witty allegories that fuse the ordinary with ...Show more
Willem de Kooning by Corinna Thierolf
Category: Art and Design | Series: The\Great Masters of Art Ser.
In 1926, a young Willem de Kooning (1904-97) travelled from the Netherlands to the United States on a British freighter, hiding in the machine room without papers. The young art student eked out a living painting houses, signs, and facades before he was able to eventually dedicate himself entirely to pa ...Show more
Woody Allen: Masters of Cinema Series by Florence Colombiani
Category: Film & Tv | Series: Masters of Cinema Series
Woody Allen (USA, b. 1935) has been a major comic director since the 1970s. Writer, director and actor, his self-portrayal as a neurotic, intellectual, sex-obsessed, Jewish New Yorker seeking comfort in psychoanalysis brought him immense popular success and acknowledged status as a writer ("Manhattan", ...Show more