Customer Review: This was a Christmas present and I haven't heard from the person I gave it to that it was bad, so I assumed they liked it. They requested it.
Customer Review: Great books.. excellent picture quality and the book was in great condition. I would recommend to anyone thats interested in the arts and history. I had these books assigned for my class and I'm glad he chose these rather than anything else.
Customer Review: The book looked alright it did not have any folded edges just the front cover had a crease in it. It arrived faster than I thought it would come. All in all not bad. The book looked good even with the crease.
Customer Review: Now, I loved A Civil Action. But one of the main reasons that that book was so great is because it had terrific villains. The Lost Painting, on the other hand, doesn't have a single antagonist, unless you count time, which I don't. Also, A Civil Action had a single madcap hero who relented... more info
Customer Review: Originally produced as six volumes between 1572 and 1617, Cities of the World was monumental task at that time. Not only did it contain maps and bird's eye drawings of every major European city, but also included towns and cities from Africa, Asia and Central America. But beyond just a catalog of... more info
Customer Review: The text of this beautiful and generally excellent book is, as others have noted, outstanding in both its biographical coverage and its critical analysis of Caravaggio's major works--an all too rare combination in this field. Beyond presenting a thorough account of the artist's life and explicating... more info
Customer Review: I had high hopes for this book based off the reviews but after getting in about 100 pages I was still waiting for it to get interesting. It's a fairly fast read but I was left wanting more. There's no real mystery to where the story is going; the author tries to add in some drama but it really... more info
Customer Review: The catalogue for an exhibition held at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, which will later go to Ottawa in Canada, this is a high-quality publication which dwells on a seldom studied aspect of the baroque, sculpted portraits of the XVIIth century, by Bernini, Mochi, Algardi or Finelli. Of those,... more info