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A perfect introduction for anyone interested in the rich history of Western art. Great Artists takes its readers on a comprehensive journey through the history of art. This book, part two, provides a dedicated chapter on each of the following artists: El Greco, Rubens, Velazquez, Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Turner. These major painters of Western art are considered, placed in their social contexts, and discussed in terms of the most recent scholarship.

A perfect introduction for anyone interested in the rich history of Western Art. Great Artists takes its listeners on a comprehensive journey through the history of art. This book, part one, provides a dedicated chapter on each of the following artists: Giotto, Leonardo da Vinci, Dürer, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian and Bruegel. These major painters of Western art are considered, placed in their social context, and discussed in terms of the most recent scholarship.

A marriage which shouldn’t be. The path to forgiveness begins in unlikely places. And love can bloom among the thorns. Immigrant Francisco has escaped the cruelty of Cuba, but has been a man without a true home. Now, terminal cancer has driven him into the arms of Stacy. Traveling halfway around the world together, they each have a journey to take. Francisco confronts his past, while Stacy tries to open her heart after a devastating first marriage.

Borobudur in Central Java has been described as the eighth wonder of the world. It is the world's largest Buddhist temple, built out of 1.6 million blocks of worked volcanic stone and containing three miles of relief carvings and 504 statues of Buddha. Yet for 1,000 years it lay deserted in the jungle until it was rediscovered by none other than the famous Englishman Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.