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Art in History, 600 BC - 2000 AD: Ideas in Profile by Martin Kemp
Category: Art | Series: Ideas in Profile
Ideas in Profile: Small Introductions to Big Topics Art has always been part of history. But we often think of it as outside history. When we look at a painting by Raphael, Rembrandt or Rubens it speaks to us directly, but it's also an historical document, part of a living world. Renowned art historian ...Show more
Arthur Boyd: Art and Life by Janet McKenzie; Martin Kemp; Martin Kemp
Category: Art
A leading painter emerging from Australia during the 20th century, Boyd's art developed from early portraiture and his townscapes of the war years, to culminate in a considerable body of distinctively Australian landscapes. Also included are examples of his illustrations, prints and ceramics.
Living with Leonardo by Martin Kemp
Category: Art
'Kemp is a natural storyteller... This book leads you on a journey through the life, work and legacy of one of history's most intriguing figures.' The TimesIn an engaging personal narrative interwoven with historical research, Martin Kemp discusses a life spent immersed in the world of Leonardo, and his ...Show more
Living with Leonardo: Fifty years of sanity and insanity in the art world and beyond by Martin Kemp
Category: Art
Approaching the 500th anniversary of Leonardo's death, the world- renowned da Vinci expert recounts his fifty- year journey with the work of the world's most famous artist
Mona Lisa The True Story of the World's Most Famous Painting by Martin Kemp
Category: Art
Read this book and the world's most famous image will never look the same again. For the world's greatest cultural icon still has secrets to reveal - not the silly secrets that the 'Leonardo loonies' continue to advance, but previously unknown facts about the lives of Leonardo, his father, Lisa Gherardi ...Show more
The Game by Martin Kemp
Category: Fiction
Sometimes you win. Sometimes you lose … A British icon delivers a powerful blockbuster in an exhilarating thriller set in London’s East End. ‘Masterful’ Susan Lewis ‘Feels different and fresh, Johnny Klein is a great character, love it!’ Kimberley Chambers ‘Gritty, compelling and heartbreaking … l ...Show more
The Life of Leonardo Da Vinci - A New Translation by Giorgio Vasari; Martin Kemp (Introduction by); Lucy Russell
Category: Art
Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Most Famous Painters, Sculptors and Architects (1550 and 1569) is a classic of cultural history. A monumental assembly of artists' lives from Giotto to Michelangelo, it paints a vivid picture of the progress of art in the hands of individual masters. No Life is more vivid t ...Show more
Ticket to the World: My 80s Story by Martin Kemp
Category: Performing Arts
Ticket to the World is a joyous, nostalgic celebration of 80s culture from one man at the centre of it all. New Year’s Eve, 1979. My family and I stand arm in arm around our Formica kitchen table, counting down to the new decade with each televised chime of Big Ben. We have no idea what is about to hit ...Show more
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