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| Art Galleries of the World by Helen Langdon 2002, 280 pp., softbound, 12 x 20 cm ISBN 1-873429-46-0 $29.95 Guidebook, directory, reference work: this pocket companion to the art of the Western world is a must for all art-lovers. Helen Langdon not only takes us to the world's greatest museums, but also introduces a vast selection of lesser known galleries, churches, palaces and villas. She points us to the outstanding paintings and sculptures, and draws attention to the strengths of each collection.. Arranged alphabetically by country, with introductory essays on each country's art and biographical index of over 600 major painters and sculptors, the book covers the whole range of Western art from the Early Renaissance to the present day. The new generation of art galleries, from Tate Modern to the Guggenheim Bilbao, is fully discussed, while special attention is given to particular treasures, such as the Venetian school, Titians in the Prado, or Pre-Raphaelite paintings in England. Among more that 200 colour illustrations are many unexpected pictures, tempting the reader to seek out less familiar collections. |
| The Light Garden of the Angel King: Travels in Afghanistan by Peter Levi 2000, 242 pp., softbound, 14 x 21.5 cm. ISBN 1-873429-35-5 $24.99 In 1970 Peter Levi, classical scholar, archaeologist and poet, set off with Bruce Chatwin to find the classical heritage of Afghanistan. Originally written in 1972, this classic work of travel literature charts the journey of the Oxford scholar and legendary travel writer through a now-lost Afghanistan. With a new introduction by the author and fresh photographs from the Chatwin archives. |
| The Linen Goddess: Travels from the Red Sea to Prizren by Sheila Payne 2003, 220 pp., softbound, 14 x 21.5 cm. ISBN 1873429878 $24.99 The task had seemed simple enough at the beginning: where had the idea first come from that that little triangle of silk embroidery, hung with three tassels, had the strength to fend off evil? And where did people still believe in it? The third volume of Sheila Paine's odyssey - "Out of Central Asia" takes her through war-torn Eritrea and Somalia, past the ancient rock churches of Ethiopia and the tiny pyramids of Sudan, through Egypt and across the Mediterranean to Greece, ending in the bandit land of Albania. It is an adventure across the fault lines of history and religion too, as the Linen Goddess fades and reappears from view. Even amid Madonnas, petitions to Ab-Besma ab-Besma Wold, rusty bits of iron, broken white glass elephants and a myriad of blue beads, it has always been there. And after a journey through some of the least visited and most dangerous parts of the world, Sheila finally catches up with the goddess surprisingly close to home. |
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