Captain Cook’s Artists
Christopher Lloyd documents some lesser known companions on the great voyager's journies.
Christopher Lloyd documents some lesser known companions on the great voyager's journies.
Geoffrey Grigson places the great English landscape artist in historical context.
Charles Mauricheau-Beaupré surveys the broad sweep of history occupants of the Palace of Versailles have witnessed, and makes a case for its rehabilitation.
Denys Sutton sees the revolutionary work of French artists reflected in the Spring of Nations.
W.R. Jeudwine accounts for the patrons, masters and masterpieces of the Northern Renaissance
Doreen & Geoffrey Agnew relate the tale of Lawrence's Waterloo Collection, his tour of Europe, and portraits of contemporary political heavyweights
Julian Huxley traces the development of writing and language, and expounds on its meaning for humanity.
F.M. Godfrey describes the life of an important late medieval painter of royal subjects.
The English royal line has included several notable collectors of art, as Doreen Agnew here documents.
According to this Essay in Archaeological Detection by Jon Manchip White, the famous legend of the loves of Tristan and Isolt may very well rest on a solid historical basis.