Insightful and opinionated, erudite and amusing, this collection by the author of "A Life of Picasso" provides a personal, close-up look at a marvelously eclect

Item consists of essays or articles about artists and people from the art world.

Dragons, unicorns, mermaids ... all the famous creatures of myth and legend are to be found in the Torah, Talmud and Midrash. But what are we to make of them? D

This book explores the intersection of religion and monstrosity. The first section contains fresh research on the Middle Ages and Early Modern period, and the s

In this text the author takes a look at some of the mythical creatures described in the Torah, Talmud, and Midrash, and explores the contexts in which they appe