Washoe County Library System

"SHORT-LISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE Passionate, compassionate, vitally inventive and scrupulously playful, Ali Smith's novels are like nothing else. How to be both is a novel all about art's versatility. Borrowing from painting's fresco technique to make an original literary double-take, it's a fast-moving genre-bending conversation between forms, times, truths and fictions. There's a renaissance artist of the 1460s. There's the child of a child...

A lavishly illustrated account of the life, career and works of Giotto, often "regarded as the grandfather of Italian painting".

Tells the story of the discovery of the most expensive painting by Leonardo da Vinci ever sold, The Salvator Mundi, discussing the questions around its authenticity and how the hidden agendas and vested interests of art collectors and art institutions make finding the truth about it of secondary importance.

The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their qualities of uniqueness, impact, and emotional and intellectual...