A fresh perspective on the celebrated Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn.

People collect to connect with the past, personal and historic, to exercise some small and perfect degree of control over a carefully chosen portion of the world. The Grain of the Clay is Allen S. Weiss's engaging exploration of the meaning and practice of collecting through his relationship with Japanese ceramics.

A beautifully history of imaginary animals from Palaeolithic art to Harry Potter.