The American author’s Diary of A Wimpy Kid series is the fourth bestselling book series of all time - and not just in kids’ ...

Many of us crave simplicity, but we're more likely to find creative inspiration in messiness and complexity. Here's why, and ...

Wild guess: You’ve probably heard of Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519 ... or else executing inscrutable mirror-writing on parchment — Leonardo’s secretive signature method — coupled with ...

They are popular not just for their literary value but for their price tags. These books are priceless pieces of history.

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Arcimboldo, according to an Italian friend, was always up to something capricciosa, or whimsical, whether it was inventing a harpsichord-like instrument, writing poetry or concocting costumes for ...

If writing a biography is difficult ... The locus classicus for such hagiography is the treatment of Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo in Giorgio Vasari’s Lives of the Artists (1550). It is ...

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