appreciation

Provides reproductions, brief descriptions, and locations of 1,001 paintings created from 4,000 BC to the early twenty-first century. Arranged chronologically.

On cover: A guide to the art, technology, language, and appreciation of film. Analyzes the elements of the production process separately, then brings them together to show how a film's impact is created.

Paintings by Pierre Auguste Renoir, Winslow Homer, Diego Rivera, and many others are used to trace the history of transportation from horses and sailing ships to trains, planes, and automobiles.

Interprets the painting by Flemish artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder that depicts the building of the Tower of Babel.

Diana Lively and her husband Ted's lives are turned upside down after they move to Arizona for Diana's latest job and discover that it is possible to find lost love and that justice always comes to those who deserve it.

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.

Sister Wendy Beckett offers her meditations on the different forms of love as inspired by nineteen works of art created since medieval times.

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.

Gives advice on how to appreciate sculptural works of art.