This work provides a biography of Carvaggio, piecing together together what happened during his short, brilliant, violent, and ill-documented life. It evokes early 17th-century Italy and the cities where Carvaggio lived and painted in all their seething, crude and dangerous colour.

A companion volume to the BBC television series of 1996, which looks at the art produced in America from early Native American art to contemporary works and artists with a view to understanding the American psyche.

This work is a study of history and morality in the 20th century. It examines the psychology which made possible Hiroshima, the Nazi genocide, Rwanda and Bosnia. It draws on accounts of participants, victims and observers and suggests that different atrocities have common patterns.

Offers an exploration of Matisse's world, uncovering the secret life of the artist, whose paintings shocked and infuriated his contemporaries while paving the way for modern art. This volume tells the story of Matisse's growing artistic maturity and the relationship between his life and art from 1909 to 1954, his glory years.

Contains a long essay on French cuisine and offers background stories and sketches of recipes. This book starts with a short essay on each of the major culinary regions of France. It consists of chapters on cuisine by type of dish such as: Sauces, Hors-D'oeuvres and Salads, Soups, Eggs and Cheese, Pates and Terrines, Vegetables, Fish, and others.

The works selected for this pocket-book cover artist Pablo Picasso's entire output, from the less familiar to key masterpieces such as Guernica , from the Blue and Rose Periods through his cubist and classicist phases to his later involvement with politics in art.