Reveals the hidden histories of paintings in the National Gallery, London.

Samuel Williams has brought the worlds of nature and unavoidable human advancement into clear and entertaining focus in this heartwarming story. In it, he rheto

Here, Elkins argues that alchemists and painters have similar relationships to the substances they work with. Both try to transform the substance, while seeking

Paul Johnson turns attention to a subject that has enthralled him all his life: the history of art. Art, he believes, was central to human development, more so