Presents a collection of meditations on peace based on the inspirational messages Sister Wendy Beckett finds in some of the world's greatest works of art.
A collection of essays by Robert Scholes which explore the craft of reading and argue that once someone masters the art of reading they are responsible for the readings they produce and the texts they choose to read.
Stimulates appreciation of Delaunay's work by means of visual games involving his paintings of the Eiffel Tower. Includes puzzles, things to draw, and trick pages to manipulate.
From Plato to Freud to ecocriticism, this helpful guide gives you everything you need to know to really understand literature, as well as references to and quotations from novels, stories, poems, plays, and more.
When Robert Oliver, a famous painter, attacks a canvas in the National Gallery of Art and is hospitalized, psychiatrist Andrew Marlow tries to help the artist by coaxing him into providing answers about his past, including his old lovers, while delving into the history of French Impressionism.
Five women and one man in California's Central Valley begin a six-month series of romantic entanglements after forming a Jane Austen book discussion club.
Showcases twelve masterpieces by a variety of painters including Lorenzo Lotto, Renoir, van Gogh,and others, looking at them in full and in detail to discover how the artists used color in their work. Includes suggested activities.
