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Editor, Catherine Taylor FEATURED IN THIS E-MAIL: * What We're Reading "The Penguin Book of 20th-Century Fashion Writing" by Judith Watt "Women" by Annie Leibovitz "A History of British Art" by Andrew Graham-Dixon * A Room with a View: The Art of Bloomsbury * The Glories of Florence: The Italian Renaissance * Bestsellers "Watercolour Challenge" by Diana Vowles "Rembrandt's Eyes" by Simon Schama "100 Best Album Covers" by Storm Thorgerson ***WHAT WE'RE READING*** "The Penguin Book of 20th-Century Fashion Writing" by Judith Watt http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0670882151/entertainments08 Every age is obsessed with and shaped by the fashion it produces and the 20th century is no exception. Judith Watt's witty and wonderful collection draws inspiration from journalism, poems and novels to provide a social and cultural overview of the highs and lows of the apparel of the last 100 years. "The Penguin Book of 20th-Century Fashion Writing" by Annie Leibovitz http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0224060465/entertainments08 World-famous photographer Annie Leibovitz turns her lens on a wide range of ordinary and extraordinary female subjects: Coal miners, socialites, First Ladies, artists, domestic-violence victims, an astronaut, a surgeon, a maid. What she creates is a reflection of contemporary American womanhood that mirrors both women's accomplishments and the challenges they still face individually and as a group. "A History of British Art" By Andrew Graham-Dixon http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0563551488/entertainments08 Andrew Graham-Dixon attempts to challenge traditional assumptions about British art and its history through a striking reassessment of the "tradition of anti-art, which dominated Britain for more than a century after the start of the Reformation." In tracing "the nation's love-hate relationship with art" and the recurrent "iconophobia" which has often literally done such damage to British art, Graham-Dixon offers a refreshing perspective on a surprisingly neglected topic. ***A ROOM WITH A VIEW: THE ART OF BLOOMSBURY*** Much has been written about the social intricacies and writings of the Bloomsbury set but the art it produced is a perhaps less widely known. London's Tate Gallery hosts a major retrospective for Autumn 1999 and Richard Shone's accompanying catalogue documents perfectly, with colour reproductions, rare photographs and expert essays, artists such as Duncan Grant, Vanessa Bell and Roger Fry's contribution to the development of modernist painting in Britain. Arts & Music ***THE GLORIES OF FLORENCE: THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE*** The Renaissance reached its artistic height in Florence in the late 15th century. The work of its major artists, Filippino Lippo, Leonardo da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli to name but a few, is celebrated in a sumptuous exhibition at London's National Gallery. Arts & Music ***BESTSELLERS*** In bestsellers this month we bring you a watery challenge to the amateur artist, a multi-layered biography of the greatest painter of the Dutch School and some of the best examples of a particularly 20th-century form of design. "Watercolour Challenge" by Diana Vowles http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0752218069/entertainments08 "Rembrandt's Eyes" by Simon Schama http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0713993847/entertainments08 "100 Best Album Covers" by Storm Thorgerson http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0751307068/entertainments08 ****** You'll find more great books, articles, excerpts and interviews in Amazon.co.uk's Arts & Music section at Arts & Music
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