AS ByattEach story is in some way inspired by a painting of Henri Matisse, each is also about the intimate connection between seeing and feeling -- about the ways in...

CDB BryanAn updated and enlarged edition of the centennial history of the National Geographic Society which first appeared in 1987. All text and pictures from the original book are included...

Robert Scholes and Robert KelloggReexamines the development and the popular conception of narrative literature and looks at meaning, characterization, plot, and point of view in various narrative forms.

Mitchell BeazleyFeatures: Reusable peel-off stickers and grid to design your own kitchen.The up-to-the minute way to plan your kitchen, complete with layout grid and reusable, peel-off stickers for all your...

Kenneth Clark These A.W. Mellon Lectures delivered at the National Art Gallery in Washington, D.C., in 1953 and here presented with 298 illustrations explore the tradition of the nude in...

Alan BlackwoodA colorfully illustrated guide for children to classical music features sections explaining the history of the orchestra, presenting the individual instruments, and showing a day in the life of...

Susan Vreeland   From extraordinary highs - patronage by the Medicis, friendship with Galileo and, most importantly of all, beautiful and outstandingly original paintings - to rape by her father's...

Cynthia BlancheThe world is vibrating with colour. Imagine being able to harness that energy into improving not only your health and well-being but every aspect of tyour life. Use colour...

Susan Striker A newly repackaged edition of the second book in a series that has sold more than 600,000 copiesMore than a million copies of these innovative books have been...

Selected by Naomi Shihab Nye A collection of poetry and artistic works by people from the Middle East invites readers to explore a mosaic of culture, tradition, and common human...

HW Janson and Dora Jane JansonFirst published May 1, 1962

This dictionary provides comprehensive information on the fine arts, with entries on paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints, and the artists who have made them, throughout the world. It covers historical...