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Andrew Lang draws on his classical learning to recount the Homeric legend of the wars between the Greeks and the Trojans. Paris, the lovely Helen of Troy, Achilles, Hector, Ulysses, the Amazons and the Wooden Horse all figure in this magical...

The Rise and Fall of Albert Bierstadt: Art-Priest of the West (Revised), 117,000 wordsThis is the true story of Bierstadt's dramatic if not frantic and tragic life. He was the best known American landscape artist in the mid-1800s. Like many other...

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) punctuates the eighteenth century with a burst of fireworks, closing the arc opened by Watteau with his enchanting poems of love and melancholy. While Watteau was ethereal and profound, Fragonard was delightfully...

Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) was at the hub of the Impressionist movement. He exhibited at all eight of the group exhibitions, and his paintings appear to typify the Impressionist style. However, his work is very complex and diverse. The variety...

Impressionist artist Pissarro's great-grandson Joachim presents the diversity and charm of his ancestor's work in 205 color images and 149 black-and-white photographs. A fresh, engaging look at the genius of an artist ever receptive to new ideas....