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The Witch of Eye
A love that leads to treason ... 1435, England. Eleanor Cobham has married into the highest ranks of the aristocracy – she is now the Duchess of Gloucester. She and her husband, the Duke Humphrey, set up a court of their own to rival the royal court in London, surrounding themselves with fascinating and influential people. But Eleanor craves the one thing she lacks: a son and heir, and with him a possible route to the throne of England. Desperate, Eleanor turns to the one person she believes can help her: Margery Jourdemayne, the infamous Witch of Eye. Such help comes at a high price ...
Root of the Tudor Rose
1421: Henry V and his young bride, Catherine de Valois, are blessed with the birth of a son – but their happiness is short-lived. Catherine is widowed and when her father, the French king, also dies, her son inherits the crowns of France and England. Just ten months old, Henry VI needs all his mother’s watchful care to protect him from political intrigue. But Catherine is a foreigner at the English Court. Lonely and vulnerable, she is held in suspicion by those with their own claims to the throne. Only with another outsider, a young Welshman named Owen Tudor, does Catherine find true friendship but their liaison must be kept secret at all costs. Catherine, Queen of England is forbidden to remarry and she is in love with a servant...
Pretty Maids
Some years ago, Mari Griffith bought a lovely, fresh-scented apricot floribunda rose from the Harkness Nursery. It was called "Caron Keating" in memory of the young Blue Peter presenter who lost her life to breast cancer at the early age of 41. This set Mari thinking about other flowers which have been named after women, and the list proved fascinating. It included a camellia named after the operatic diva Adelina Patti and a pelargonium after the actress Beryl Reid. There's an aquilegia named in memory of the distinguished geneticist Nora Barlow, a peony for the extrovert actress Sarah Bernhardt, and a climbing fuchsia for the shy, retiring Lady Boothby. These very different women are from all walks of life but each one deserves to be paid this fragrant and colorful compliment. This unique book describes both the lives of the women and the beauty of the flowers dedicated to them. Thirty "Pretty Maids" are featured, with biographies of each illustrated with photographs and paintings. Complementing each maid is a photograph of the eponymous flower as well as horticultural notes on how to grow it to the best advantage.
Myths and Legends
Myths and legends, with their fantastical settings and parade of exotic creatures and beautiful immortals, have inspired some of the most popular works in the National Gallery Collection. The latest addition to the best-selling Pocket Guides series leads the modern viewer through this important aspect of Western art. This lively and enjoyable guide explores how artists have drawn on mythology since the dawn of the Renaissance. Through a selection of key classical figures, Mari Griffith explains how artists used mythology for inspiration—in decorative panels for furniture, schemes for palaces, allegories, and non-narrative paintings of single figures. Among the masterpieces discussed are Titian’s Bacchus and Ariadne, and Rubens’s Judgement of Paris.
Introduction to Art
Now available in paperback, this book gives an informative and in-depth look at the great themes, techniques, movements and artists from ancient and medieval art up to the present day. Full-colour photographs, illustrations and clear, concise text make this a very readable introduction to the history of art. Includes over 160 of the world's greatest works of art plus internet links to online galleries to view thousands more works of art. Published in association with The National Gallery, London.
Introduction to Art - Internet Linked
HERE IS THE STORY OF WESTERN PAINTING FROM ANCIENT EGYPTIAN TOMB DECORATIONS TO MODERN ART TOLD CLEARLY AND SIMPLY, AND ILLUSTRATED WITH OVER 160 OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST WORKS OF ART. BY VISITING THE CAREFULLY SELECTED WEBSITES RECOMMENDED IN THIS BOOK, YOU CAN SEE THOUSANDS MORE PAINTINGS QUICKLY AND EASILY.
The Usborne Introduction to Art
Detailed introduction to the history of art with Internet links about featured artists and examples of their work and works by related artists.
The Usborne Introduction to Art
Detailed introduction to the history of art with Internet links about featured artists and examples of their work and works by related artists.
Portraits by Ingres
Om portrætter af den franske maler Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867)
