Edmund Swinglehurst Knihy

Has a light waterstain effecting the very corner of spine, book, and dj at bottom. Still looks very decent. A nice illustrated history of Victorian travel in Europe.

Gustav Klimt began his life as a successful painter of murals and as a designer of pageants in the age of Emperor Franz Joseph in Austria. He was a key member of the Viennese Succession movement who sought a more modern style of painting. He believed that human suffering could only be reviled through art and love. This ideal is enshrined in many of his finest works, giving an insight into his productive, if turbulent, life.

THE BEAUTY OF BRITAIN. [Hardcover] Swinglehurst, Edmund.

This book gives a quick biography of Monet, explains the elements of his painting style, and includes fifty of his best-known and best-loved works.

Beautiful color photos of England along with a history of the places showcased.

This book gives a quick biography of Monet, explains the elements of his painting style, and includes fifty of his best-known and best-lovedworks.

Lawrence Alma-Tadema was born in the Netherlands but spent most of his adult life in England, becoming a member of the Royal Academy and later gaining a knighthood. He was the quintessential Classicist painter, taking many of his themes from Greek and Roman Mythology. His work has a rich dream-like quality which is well illustrated in this book.

Botticelli, one of the greatest painters of the renaissance, spent almost his whole life in Florence, and many of his greatest, best-known works, such as Primavera and the Birth of Venus, both reproduced here, were commissioned by the medici family, who then ruled the city-state. This volume also reproduces may of his exqui