Böcker av Sam Smiles

During the Tudor Age the South West was famed for the innovation and endeavor of its people.

Accompanying a major exhibition at Compton Verney, Warwickshire, this book examines the innate human desire to transcend the limitations of physiology and gravity - and to fly.

An exploration of Turner's final, vital years, including new readings of some of his most significant paintings

Provides a reassessment of the life and work of the popular, but critically neglected nineteenth-century artist Samuel Palmer. This title examines Palmer's work in relation to a wider art world and analyses various areas of his life and output, reinstating the study of Palmer's work within broader debates about landscape and cultural history.