Product Description: On the wintry afternoon of Monday 28 November 1768, an architect and three artists were granted an audience with George III at St James's Palace; their mission, the foundation of a royal academy of arts in London. This book, written by Charles Saumarez Smith, the current Secretary and Chief Executive of the Royal Academy, is the first day-by-day account of the events that led up to that meeting and what happened immediately afterwards...read more

Product Description: Exploring the everyday relationships of common people, this collection of portraits and commentary highlights the dichotomies between husbands and wives, actors and directors, a poet and his landscape, a professor and his books, and more...read more

Product Description: John Virtue was invited to become the sixth National Gallery Associate Artist because of his deep-rooted relationship with the great European landscape tradition that is magnificently represented in the museum’s collection. Working in the National Gallery’s studio, Virtue has made an unprecedented series of large-scale paintings that represent the London cityscape looking towards St...read more

Combines paintings and photographs with profiles of some of the most influential Americans in history, including presidents, artists, and actors.

Product Description: This collection of photographic portraits celebrates the achievements and contributions of prominent Australians to British society today. It includes photographs of figures such as Rolf Harris, Patricia Hewitt, Clive James and Nick Cave, and uses the photographic portrait to explore the worlds of business, publishing, entertainment and the arts...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

This text offers an account of the appearance of 18th-century rooms at all levels of society and how and why attitudes to decoration changed. It relates the changes to broader aspects of the history of the period and quotes contemporary novelists and travellers to show how interiors were described.

Product Description: First edition, over sized, comprehensive survey of English decorative arts in the 18th century beautiful full color plates, 400 pages