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Tudor Grange Reading Recommendations Information taken from Amazon.co.uk & Waterstones.com Girl with a Pearl Earring Tracy Chevalier 17th Century Holland. When Griet becomes a maid in the household of Johannes Vermeer in the town of Delft, she thinks she knows her role: housework, laundry and the care of his six children. But as she becomes part of his world and his work, their growing intimacy spreads tension and deception in the ordered household and, as the scandal seeps out, into the town beyond. Tracy Chevalier’s extraordinary historical novel on the corruption of innocence and the price of genius is a contemporary classic perfect for fans of Sarah Dunant and Philippa Gregory. Camera Lucida Roland Barthes This personal, wide-ranging, and contemplative volume--and the last book Barthes published--finds the author applying his influential perceptiveness and associative insight to the subject of photography. To this end, several black-and-white photos (by the likes of Avedon, Clifford, Hine, Mapplethorpe, Nadar, Van Der Zee, and so forth) are reprinted throughout the text. Ways of Seeing John Berger John Berger's Ways of Seeing is one of the most stimulating and influential books on art in any language. First published in 1972, it was based on the BBC television series about which the Sunday Times critic commented: 'This is an eye-opener in more ways than one: by concentrating on how we look at paintings ...he will almost certainly change the way you look at pictures.'
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Tudor Grange Reading Recommendations InformationtakenfromAmazon.co.uk&Waterstones.com

Girl with a Pearl Earring Tracy Chevalier 17thCenturyHolland.WhenGrietbecomesamaidinthehouseholdofJohannesVermeerinthetownofDelft,shethinkssheknowsherrole:housework,laundryandthecareofhissixchildren.Butasshebecomespartofhisworldandhiswork,theirgrowingintimacyspreadstensionanddeceptionintheorderedhouseholdand,asthescandalseepsout,intothetownbeyond.TracyChevalier’sextraordinaryhistoricalnovelonthecorruptionofinnocenceandthepriceofgeniusisacontemporaryclassicperfectforfansofSarahDunantandPhilippaGregory.

Camera Lucida Roland Barthes Thispersonal,wide-ranging,andcontemplativevolume--andthelastbookBarthespublished--findstheauthorapplyinghisinfluentialperceptivenessandassociativeinsighttothesubjectofphotography.Tothisend,severalblack-and-whitephotos(bythelikesofAvedon,Clifford,Hine,Mapplethorpe,Nadar,VanDerZee,andsoforth)arereprintedthroughoutthetext.

Ways of Seeing John Berger JohnBerger'sWaysofSeeingisoneofthemoststimulatingandinfluentialbooksonartinanylanguage.Firstpublishedin1972,itwasbasedontheBBCtelevisionseriesaboutwhichtheSundayTimescriticcommented:'Thisisaneye-openerinmorewaysthanone:byconcentratingonhowwelookatpaintings...hewillalmostcertainlychangethewayyoulookatpictures.'

Tudor Grange Reading Recommendations InformationtakenfromAmazon.co.uk&Waterstones.com

What I See Brooklyn Beckham WHATISEE,thefirstbookbyBrooklynBeckham,isaseriesofsnapshotsofhislife.EachchaptertellsadifferentstorythroughpicturesbyandofBrooklyn,accompaniedbycaptionsandpassagesoftextinhisownwords.Unique,authenticandstylish,WHATISEEisaglimpsebehindthelens.

The Isobel Journal Isobel Harrop Thisfull-colourthroughoutscrapbookisatruesnapshotofcontemporaryteenagelifeTHEISOBELJOURNALisnoordinarysnapshotofacontemporaryteenagelife.Acharmingandvividnarrativescrapbookoftheeighteen-year-oldauthor'ssketches,mini-graphicnovels,photographsandcaptions,itcapturesherwit,herobservationsandhercreativetalentasshetakesusthroughthethreecentralthemesinherlife:'Love','Friends,ArtandOtters'and'Me'.adulthood.

Bad Girls of Fashion Jennifer Croll and Ada Buchholc Thetitlesaysitall:BadGirlsofFashionexploresthelivesoftenfamouswomenwhohaveusedclothingtomakeastatement,changeperceptions,breakrules,attractpower,orexpresstheirindividuality.IncludedareCleopatra,MarieAntoinette,CocoChanel,Rihanna,andVivienneWestwood.Photosilluminatethetext,whileedgy,vividlycoloredillustrationsdepictthesubjectswithinterpretiveflair.Readerswilllearnnotonlyaboutchangingfashionstylesthroughhistory,butaboutchanginghistoricalattitudestowardwomen,andthelinksbetweenfashionandart,film,music,politics,andfeminism.


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