Product Description: Overcomers!: Conquering Life's Issues Supernaturally In America, we love "rags to riches" stories-individuals who overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles to defy the odds. But there is a non-American whom history records as the being the greatest overcomer of all time...read more

Product Description: With emancipation in nineteenth-century Europe, Jewish artists at last had an opportunity to develop their new professional vocation. At first only a few notable painters emerged, but in Berlin before World War I, Jewish artists and art professionals dominated the new, progressive art world; their successes quickly spread to other parts of the globe, as Jewish history came to encompass not only Europe but also America and Palestine, later Israel...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Art in History provides an illuminating overview of humanity's long tradition of creation, from the earliest cave paintings to contemporary installations.By relating works of art -- primarily painting, sculpture, and graphics, but also major architectural monuments -- to the societies in which they were created, Dr...read more

Briefly describes Rembrandt's life and career, shows fifteen of his major paintings, and includes comments on their composition