FACE TO WORLD EB

Focusing on the art of self-portraiture, this effortlessly engaging exploration of the lives of artists sheds fascinating light on some of the most extraordinary portraits in art history. Self-portraits catch your eye. They seem to do it deliberately. Walk into any art gallery and they draw attention to themselves. Come across them in the world's museums and you get a strange shock of recognit…

Stanley Spencer (Text Only)

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BEECHWOOD AIRSHIP INTERVIEW EB

A journey into the headspaces and workplaces of some of Britain's most unique artists, from the co-author of the critically acclaimed Holloway. Bill Drummond. Richard Lawrence. Stanley Donwood. Jenny Saville. David Nash. Manic Street Preachers. Dame Judi Dench. Cally Callomon. Sheryl Garratt. Vaughan Oliver. Jane Bown. Steve Gullick. Stewart Lee. The Butcher of Common Sense. Robert Macfarlane.…

Frederick Law OlmsteadThe Passion of a Public Artist

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ModiglianiA Life

A biographer explores the artist’s tragic life, and transcendent work, in early twentieth-century Paris—“ a vibrant portrait of a deeply unhappy man” ( Publishers Weekly ). In 1920, at the age of thirty-five, Amedeo Modigliani died in poverty and neglect in Paris, much like a figure out of La Bohéme. His life had been as dramatic as his death. An Italian Jew from…

Fanny KembleA Performed Life

A ForeWord magazine Book of the Year for 2007Charismatic, highly intelligent, and splendidly talented, Fanny Kemble (1809-93) was a Victorian celebrity, known on both sides of the Atlantic as an actress and member of the famous Kemble theatrical dynasty, as a fierce opponent of slavery despite her marriage to a wealthy slave owner, as a brilliantly successful solo performer of Shakespeare, and …

SpreckEn biografi om arkitekten J.O. von Spreckelsen

I maj 1983 valgte den socialistiske præsident Mitterrand en i Frankrig ukendt dansk arkitekt ved navn Johan Otto von Spreckelsen som vinder af konkurrencen om La Défense. Han havde tegnet en gigantisk åben kube, en moderne triumfbue, der skulle ligge for enden af Paris' historiske vestakse. Franskmændene var begejstret for hans projekt, der passede perfekt til fransk mentalitet. Journaliste…

Shakespeare's HouseA Window onto his Life and Legacy

"[A] page-turning story" – Times Literary Supplement "Eye-opening" – Michael Billington "A detailed and highly compelling story that involves so much more than bricks and mortar." – The Stratford Herald In the wide realm of Shakespeare worship, the house in Stratford-upon-Avon where William Shakespeare was born in 1564 – known colloquially as the 'Birthplace' – remains the chief shrin…

Leon Battista AlbertiThe Chameleon’s Eye

One of the most brilliant and original authors and architects of the entire Renaissance, Leon Battista Alberti had an output that encompassed engineering, surveying, cryptography, poetry, humour, political commentary and more. He employed irony, satire and playful allusion in his written works, and developed a sophisticated approach to architecture that combined the ancient and modern. Born int…

Field of Dreams100 Years of Wembley in 100 Matches

100 years of Wembley Stadium told through 100 matches. Hundreds of thousands of fans, 5, 000 were on the pitch, and a horse called Billy. That was the scene for the inauspicious first football match to be played at the British Empire Exhibition Stadium back in 1923, soon to be known as Wembley. More than a century later, Wembley remains the world's most famous football stadium. Watching your te…