Many of the great individual titles of the past two millennia are discussed as well as the range of book types and formats that have emerged in the last few hundred years
She reconstructs the journey of ancient objects from digging sites to venues where they were sold
and why a heart pierced by an arrow is a classic symbol of love
is best known for the lyric sequences the Duino Elegies and the Sonnets to Orpheus
Edgar Degas (1834 –1917) was one of the outstanding draftsmen of the nineteenth century
Holbein: Capturing Character Made in CA Many of the great individualEdited by Anne T. Woollett, with contributions by Austja Mackelait, John T. McQuillen, and others Stunning portraits by the renowned Renaissance artist illuminate fascinating figures from the European merchant class, intellectual elite, and court of King Henry VIII. Nobles, ladies, scholars, and merchants were the subjects of Hans Holbein the Younger (1497 981543), an inventive German artist best known for his dazzling portraits. Holbein developed his