Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Elizabeth McGrath creates sweetly twisted creatures, rendering them in a wide range of materials. One of the leading women of the pop surrealism movement, McGrath has an uncanny knack for creating dark, edgy, fantastical works layered with beauty, angst and significance. This second full length monograph includes works from 2005 to 2012.

In this beautiful poetry collection, these writers explore political and social history using the classical medium of verse. Both poets also look at the joys and sorrows of life from different perspectives. There are echoes of masters like Machado and Blake in these poems. There are also the influences of Okigbo and Dennis Brutus, but the individual styles of these poets ring out like a metal gong. The themes in this book run the gamut of love, hope, grief, loss, peace and war. There are also familiar leitmotifs in the pages of this moving poetry collection. Open the pages and enjoy the experience of two writers from different backgrounds who have found common ground in poetry.

Rubens' interest in history, particularly ancient history, was intense, as is evident in the paintings and drawings grouped together in this volume, part 13(1) in the series "Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard".;In Rubens' day, history was principally valued for the lessons it taught, and the historical scenes most commonly depicted in Renaissance art are exemplary themes, above all illustrations of the virtuous deeds of the heroes and heroines of classical antiquity. Rubens painted a number of these - "The Continence of Scipio", for example, "The Justice of Cambyses", "The Devotion of Ertemisia" and "The Courage of Cloelia" - bringing to them his characteristic wit, originality and artistic force.;He also illustrated quite novel subjects, some of them rarely discussed by modern scholars and often even misidentified, from "Pythagoras advocating Vegetarianism" and "Alcibiades interrupting the Symposium" to the famous "Death of Seneca", the medieval story of "The Piety of Rudolf of Habsburg" and the vividly evocative "Battle of Tunis".;The present volume focuses particularly on Rubens' ingenuity in the invention of subjects for a variety of contexts - occasionally simply for his own pleasure. An introduction considers the artist's relationship to the tradition of depicting history, the books read and the easy familiarity with ancient literature which is reflected in his paintings, where striking images from Ovid and other classical poets often helped to inspire his most remarkable creations.;This is followed by the Catalogue Raisonne, which deals with 60 different compositions. Included is a discussion of a projected tapestry series on the life of Romulus. Rubens' other designs for tapestry cycles on themes from ancient history are treated in a separate volume, but some consideration is given to them here, in the introduction. As with other volumes of the Corpus, all relevant paintings, including sketches and drawings, or copies of lost works, are illustrated and discussed.