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Maharaja – the Splendour of India's Royal Courts: V&A Museum – Review of Exhibition Catalogue

By: Feature Writer Frances Spiegel

Frank Auerbach The London Building Sites 1952–62: Review of Exhibition Catalogue Recording Show at Courtaulds Gallery

By: Feature Writer Frances Spiegel

Moctezuma Aztec Ruler – Catalogue Review: Book Explores the Life and Death of the Last Ruler of the Mexicans

By: Feature Writer Frances Spiegel

Masterpieces of World Ceramics – Book Review: V&A Publication Sets Out History of Pottery Over 5000 Years

By: Feature Writer Frances Spiegel

Braving the Art of Watercolor Painting: A Review of Alwyn Crashaw's You Can Paint Watercolors

By: Katelyn Aronson

Wallace Collection Children's Art Book – Review: Titian, Hals, Fragonard, Gainsborough – Art for Young People

By: Feature Writer Frances Spiegel

The Bible in Pictures – Book Review: Martin Luther's Bible – 117 Illustrations Painted by Lucas Cranach

By: Feature Writer Frances Spiegel

Type – A Visual History of Typefaces, Volume 1: Taschen Publication Explores Graphic Styles and Typographic Fonts

By: Feature Writer Frances Spiegel

Art – Over 2,500 Works from Cave to Contemporary: A Review of DK Publishing's Collection

By: Feature Writer Katherine Kuzma-Beck

20th Century Fashion – 100 Years of Apparel Ads: Taschen Publication Reviews Ten Decades of Advertising

By: Feature Writer Frances Spiegel

A Review of War-Revolution-Weimar: On Ida Katherine Rigby's Exhibition and Catalog Essays

By: Feature Writer Katherine Kuzma-Beck

Live Forever Elizabeth Peyton – Catalogue Review: Book Presents American Artist's Work From the Last Fifteen Years

By: Feature Writer Frances Spiegel

Workshop Missoni – Daring to be Different: Book Review – Links Between Missoni Designs and Futurism Explored

By: Feature Writer Frances Spiegel

Beyond Bloomsbury – Exhibition Catalogue Review: Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19 – Courtauld Gallery

By: Feature Writer Frances Spiegel

Jeff Koons the Post-Pop Superstar – Book Review: Artist Ranks with Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst and Christopher Wool

By: Feature Writer Frances Spiegel

The Story of Writing – Book Review: Alphabets, Hieroglyphs & Pictograms Explored by Andrew Robinson

By: Feature Writer Frances Spiegel

Bible Manuscripts – Book Review: British Library Book Examines 1400 Years of Scribes and Scripture

By: Feature Writer Frances Spiegel

Kuniyoshi Exhibition Catalogue – Book Review: Royal Academy of Arts Examines Prints by Japanese Ukiyo-e Artist

By: Feature Writer Frances Spiegel

Garden & Cosmos, the Royal Paintings of Jodhpur: Review of Book Published to Accompany Exhibition at British Museum

By: Feature Writer Frances Spiegel

Sacred Books of the Three Faiths – Book Review: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Explored in British Library Catalogue

By: Feature Writer Frances Spiegel

Michelangelo and Sistine Chapel – Book Review: Marks 500th Anniversary Since Work Began on Vatican Chapel Ceiling

By: Feature Writer Frances Spiegel

Women Artists An Illustrated History – Review: Art of Vigée-Lebrun, Elizabeth Butler, Margareta Haverman and Others

By: Feature Writer Frances Spiegel

Baroque 1620-1800 – Style in Age of Magnificence: 17th and 18th Century Art Explored by V&A Museum – Book Review

By: Feature Writer Frances Spiegel

Design & the Decorative Arts – Book Review: Georgian Britain by John Styles and Michael Snodin, V&A Publications

By: Feature Writer Frances Spiegel

Babylon Myth and Reality – Catalogue Review: The Legends Surrounding Ancient City are Compared With Known Truths

By: Feature Writer Frances Spiegel

Henry VIII Man and Monarch – Catalogue Review: British Library Publication Marks 500 Years Since King's Accession

By: Feature Writer Frances Spiegel

Madness & Modernity – Book Review: Mental Illness and the Visual Arts in Vienna 1900

By: Feature Writer Frances Spiegel

Wordplay – Philosophy Art & Science of Ambigrams: By John Langdon, Foreword by Dan Brown, Author of Angels and Demons

By: Feature Writer Frances Spiegel

Leonardo da Vinci – Book Review: The Complete Paintings and Drawings Published by Taschen Books

By: Feature Writer Frances Spiegel

Girls in Pearls by Claudia Lanfranconi: The Story of a Passion in Paintings and Photographs, Book Review

By: Feature Writer Frances Spiegel

Palladio The Rules of Harmony – Book Review: Taschen's Basic Architecture Series Looks at Andrea Palladio's Work

By: Feature Writer Frances Spiegel

Skulls by Noah Scalin: Highlights From www.SkullADay.com

By: Kiki Anderson

Mr. Jackson's Mushrooms: A.Y. Jackson's Brother Henry was a Great Artist in his Own Right.

By: Janeen Keelan

Palladio The Complete Buildings – Book Review: Andrea Palladio Architect between the Renaissance and Baroque

By: Feature Writer Frances Spiegel

David Hockney: A Year in Yorkshire: The Paintings After Secret Knowledge

By: Kiki Anderson

The Pluralist Era: American Art, 1968-1981: Conceptual Art, Earth Works, Video and Installation

By: Kiki Anderson

The A-Z of Modern Design: From Alvar Aalto to Zumtobel: A Product Design Primer

By: Kiki Anderson

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