Essays discuss Greek and Chineese art, Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Dutch genre painting, Rubens, Rembrandt, art collecting, museums, and Freud's aesthetics

The instant New York Times bestseller and companion book to the PBS series. “Absolutely brilliant . . . A necessary and moving work.” —Eddie S. Glaude, Jr

Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

This book takes a dramatically original approach to the history of humanity, using objects which previous civilisations have left behind them, often accidentall

Traces the causes of World War II, explores the motivations of important people involved with it, presents the events of the war grouped by the theater in which