Christopher Sykes
Author
Publisher
Nan A. Talese
Pub. Date
c2011-c2014
Language
English
Description
An authorized account of the life and work of the influential British artist covers his education at the Royal College of Art, the role of the 1960s in shaping his vision, and his relationship with Peter Schlesinger during the turbulent emergence of gay rights.
Author
Publisher
Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2014
Language
English
Description
" With unprecedented access to Hockney's paintings, notebooks, diaries, and the man himself, this second volume continues the lively and revelatory account of an acclaimed artist and an extraordinary man."--Publisher's website.
Author
Publisher
William Collins
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
At the age of only 36, Sir Mark Sykes was signatory to the Sykes-Picot agreement, one of the most reviled treaties of modern times. A century later, Christopher Sykes' lively biography of his grandfather reassesses his life and work, and the political instability and violence in the Middle East attributed to it. The Sykes-Picot agreement was a secret pact drawn up in May 1916 between the French and the British, to divide the collapsing Ottoman Empire...
16) The English room
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Comapny
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
"There is a certain distinctive look on home decoration that says "English," an instantly recognizable style that is the result of diverse influences that have been adopted and adapted into English homes. In this book, Chippy Irvine considers important English interiors which epitomize all that is creative and inspiring in that unique aesthetic. The town and the country have long been the complementary aspects of life in England, and houses in both...
