Masterpieces under the microscope: Paintings’ hidden secrets revealedThis important addition to our understanding of art history's masterworks puts some of the world's most famous paintings under a ma
Everyday life in the Egypt of the Pharaohs: From Cheops, Ramses and Tutankhamun to the world of labourers and craftsmenWhat do we really know about our ancestors? Not about the rulers and generals, bu
Under the microscope: Paintings’ hidden secrets revealed This important addition to our understanding of art history’s masterworks puts some of the world's most famous paintings un
An artist both of and before his time: The Old Master who ushered in the modern eraFrancisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes (1746—1828), one of Spain’s most revered and controversial painters, is known for
From the Land of the Pharaohs The finest treasures of ancient Egypt The art of ancient Egypt that has been handed down to us bears no names of its creators, and yet we value the creations of these un
The sense of a scene: Pieter Bruegel’s mastery of composition and communityThe great Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1525–1569) was an astoundingly inventive painter and draftsman, who ma
Secrets of the FleshNude masterworks under the magnifying glass It might seem like the sitters and subjects of art history’s greatest nude paintings have little left to show, but don't be fooled: ther
Classics Under the Magnifying GlassItaly’s most precious painting treasures dissectedSurreptitious messages, concealed myths, and historical truths lie hidden in the great works of the Italian Renaiss
Behind the Mask The intrigue, drama, and covert messages hidden in the faces of powerful men and women Byzantine empresses, French revolutionaries, and Spanish generals: history’s most impr
Treasures from the ancient land of the Pharaohs The art of ancient Egypt that has been handed down to us bears no names of its creators, and yet we value the creations of these unknown masters no less
