Book and Movie Reviews
Reviews of current movies and books relating to Art History as well as some classics
Book : Brunelleschi’s Dome 
Book : Girl in Hyacinth Blue
Book : Girl with a Pearl Earring
Book : Leonardo's Swans
Leonardo’s Swans is an excellent choice for learning about 15th-century Italy through the eyes of two real-life characters whose fortunes are shaped by the world in which they live. Book : Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling
Book : Rick Steves’ Mona Winks
Book : Sister Wendy's Story of Painting
Book : Still as Death
In this latest Sweeney St. George mystery, art history professor Sweeney St. George finds that a valuable Egyptian necklace is missing... Book : The Annotated Mona Lisa
Book : The Birth of Venus
Book : The Chrysalis
Mara Coyne is an ambitious young lawyer on the brink of making partner at a major New York law firm... Book : The Da Vinci Code
Book : The Girl with the Botticelli Eyes
This book gives the reader a fascinating view of the travails of an art curator from his purchases at auction houses... Book : The Lady and the Unicorn
Book : The Lost Painting
Book : The Passion of Artemisia
Book : The Blood of Flowers
Ill luck can rob people of all they have if they are not willing to be subservient to the demands of those who provide for them... Book : The Egyptologist
What is fascinating about the book is that Phillips draws a parallel between the ancient Egyptian story... Book : The Flanders Panel
Arturo Perez-Reverte really knows how to turn a phrase in The Flanders Panel, a murder mystery centered about the art world and the game of chess. Book : The Lost Van Gogh
When a lost Van Gogh painting that is worth millions is mailed anonymously to The Met, NYPD Detective Clay Ryder is... Book : The Secret Supper
Set in 15th century Italy, The Secret Supper tells the story of Father Agostino who is sent by the Secretariat of Keys of the Papal States to determine the identity of The Soothsayer... Book : The Sidewalk Artist
The fact that Tulia becomes increasingly involved with a man who won’t even reveal his name adds tension to the story and the way in which her unsettling... Book : Tulip Fever
I found Tulip Fever to be a fascinating look at human nature and what drives people to do astonishing things. Movie : Girl With a Pearl Earring
Movie : Mona Lisa Smile
Movie : The Da Vinci Code
For a reader enamored with the book, the movie The Da Vinci Code fell a bit short of my expectations -- but not by too much... Movie : Camille Claudel
Movie : Frida
Movie : The Agony and the Ecstasy
Movie : The Da Vinci Code
For a reader enamored with the book, the movie The Da Vinci Code fell a bit short of my expectations -- but not by much...
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