psychology

Examines the career of Alexander III of Macedonia, analyzing ancient sources to determine the truth about the legendary king's accomplishments, and discussing his military and political prowess, intellect, and personal characteristics.

Recounts Hitler's rise and fall against a searching analysis of the psychological reasons for both.

Explores the myths and theories surrounding Adolf Hitler's life, and attempts to explain why he killed thousands of Jews during World War II.

Presents a complete overview of the life and art of seventeenth-century French painter Georges de La Tour; and includes color and black-and-white reproductions of his work.

Tells the story of nineteenth-century artist Henri Rousseau and the fantastic dream that led to his most famous paintings. Includes reproductions of his work.

Cartoonist Doug Marlette tells about his artistic career.

Draws upon the role of ideologies in group psychology to argue that Adolf Hitler was not a moral aberration but rather one of many Germans who shared the same worldview, part of a common German culture strongly shaped by the outcome of the First World War.

A biography of Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, focusing on his tragic personal life.

The author, a psychoanalyst, examines characters in William Shakespeare's plays from a psychoanalytic perspective, exploring the unconscious motivations of such figures as Hamlet, King Lear, Hotspur, Prince Hal, Beatrice, and Romeo.

An analysis of the work of twentieth-century artist Norman Rockwell, arguing that many of his idealistic depictions of American life contain forms of--often perverse--sexuality.