1. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), the famous Renaissance-era scientist, inventor, anatomist, and artist known for Mona Lisa and The Last…
1.Pablo Picasso, born in 1881, held the first exhibition of his work at the age of 13—in the back of…
1. Although he is best known as the painter who created such masterpieces as the “Mona Lisa” and the “Last…
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris—better known as Le Corbusier, the name he adopted in 1920—was among the most significant architects and urban planners…
Few historical figures are as engaging to ponder than Leonardo Da Vinci, the renowned Italian artist, engineer, architect, inventor, humanist,…
Flora Samuel, an architect and lecturer at the Welsh School of Architecture, has written widely on the subject of Le…
This memoir—the first from a Picasso progeny—recounts the cumulative familial wreckage produced by Pablo Picasso, as told by his granddaughter,…
Ross King has published three engaging books, over the past sixteen years or so, that describe the creation of three of…
Janine Burke’s examination of Sigmund Freud is part biography, part art history, and part analysis of Freud, the man. She…