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The pathos of the Easter story has inspired some artists to cre
Whether it’s a rosy-cheeked girl wrapped up warm, sun-bathed sheep at twilight or a snow-blanketed apple orchard, myriad pictures sum up the festive season, as 16 friends of COUNTRY LIFE tell Carla Passino
Andrew Graham-Dixon tells Carla Passino why he thinks we have read Vermeer wrong all along– and who the Girl with a Pearl Earring really is
Johannes Vermeer brightened his native Delft with luminous pictures of women caught in intimate moments, but the serenity of his work, of which he produced remarkably little, is at odds with a life mired in debt, as Carla Passino discovers
From gleaming presents to inebriating parties, discover five artists’ interpretations of the festive season
John Constable painted Salisbury Cathedral and Leadenhall from ...
The search for the mythical relic unites the two strongest currents of European spirituality: Christianity and the legends of Arthur and his knights