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The first in a projected series of scholarly catalogues on the permanent collection of The Art Institute of Chicago, this volume focuses on one of the finest and least published collections of early Italian paintings in the United States. The catalogue contains comprehensive entries on nearly 100 paintings, ranging from an outstanding thirteenth-century panel by the Master of the Bigallo Crucifix to a recently rediscovered portrait of Alessandro de' Medici by Pontormo. Also featured are a splendid group of early Sienese paintings (including six panels from one of Giovanni di Paolo's most important ensembles), a rare group of Florentine cassone panels, an early masterpiece by Correggio, and major works by Taddeo di Bartolo, Jacopo Bassano, Botticelli, Moretto, Moroni, Perugino, and Jacopo Tintoretto. In an introductory essay, Martha Wolff, the general editor of the catalogue and the Art Institute's Curator of European Painting before 1750, discusses the central role played by Martin A. Ryerson (1856-1932), one of the museum's founders, in forming this collection. Each painting in the catalogue is accompanied by complete and up-to-date documentation, including a detailed description of physical condition, a fully documented provenance, and a critical discussion of attribution, date, subject, and function, as well as a summary of earlier scholarship. ... Read more

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The Royal Collection is the largest private collection in the world. To inaugurate the opening of the new Sainsbury Wing at the National Gallery, the Queen has lent a large number of works drawn from royal residences throughout the British Isles. Those 96 pictures are presented in this volume. ... Read more

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British paintings are one of the Royal Collection's greatest strengths. Gathered over several centuries, partly on an official basis and partly as the result of the personal taste of monarchs, the pictures are wide-ranging and of great significance to the history of British art. Published to accompany an exhibition at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, The Quest for Albion is an anthology of British paintings in the Royal Collection. Of the forty-six pictures included, some are masterpieces and others will be less familiar, but the place of each in the growth of the Collection is fully explained in the notes to the plates. The part played by successive monarchs--in particular George III, George IV, and later Queen Victoria with the encouragement of Prince Albert--in the formation of a national school is further described in the introductory essay by Christopher Lloyd, Surveyor of The Queen's Pictures. ... Read more

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Set during the dawn of the twenty-first century, The March is the story of Justin Jaeger, a man who inspired a nation with the promise of brilliant leadership into the new millennia.

A time of great promise is turned upside down as tragedy rocks the nation, triggering a flurry of events that threatens to thwart the march of civilization.

The March is a novel of ideas, a plea for progress, and a call to action.

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A Great Read
The March is a fantastic look into the lives of political and philisophical men and women.It is not often that an author's first book carries such depth, but Mr. Hellstrom's novel is a serious discussion concerning our politicians today and what the future can hold.

Philosophical fiction
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Excellant Modern Day Ayn Randisq
The book features larger than life heros in the spirit of Ayn Rand.An excellant read. ... Read more