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BEAUTIES, BEASTS AND ENCHANTMENT CLASSIC FRENCH FAIRY TALES Edited and translated by Jack Zipes A wonderful new collection of 36 French fairy tales translated into English by renowned writer and authority on fairy tales, Jack Zipes. Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Sleepy Beauty, Puss In Boots, Bluebeard, and Little Red Riding Hood are some of the classic fairy tales in this amazing book. There are many stories here by Charles Perrault, the most famous author of French conte de fées. Features a new introduction by editor Jack Zipes. Includes a generous number of exquisite illustrations from fairy tale collections. This is a clothbound edition, with gold letters embossed on a blue cloth cover, and a colour flyleaf. 'Terrific... a succulent array of 17th and 18th century 'salon' fairy tales' - The New York Times Book Review 'These tales are adventurous, thrilling in a way fairy tales are meant to be... The translation from the French is modern, happily free of archaic and hyperbolic language... a fine and sophisticated collection' - New York Tribune 'Enjoyable to read... a unique collection of French regional folklore' - Library Journal 'Charming stories accompanied by attractive pen-and-ink drawings' - Chattanooga Times 'An excellent collection' - Booklist. JACK ZIPES is professor emeritus of German and comparative literature at the University of Minnesota. In addition to his scholarly work, he is an active storyteller in public schools and has worked with children's theaters in Europe and the United States. Some of Jack Zipes' major publications include Breaking the Magic Spell: Radical Theories of Folk and Fairy Tales (1979), Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion (1983, rev. ed. 2006), Don't Bet On the Prince: Contemporary Feminist Fairy Tales in North America and England (1986), The Brothers Grimm: From Enchanted Forests to the Modern World (1988), Sticks and Stones: The Troublesome Success of Children's Literature from Slovenly Peter to Harry Potter (2000), Speaking Out: Storytelling and Creative Drama For Children (2004), Hans Christian Andersen: The Misunderstood Storyteller (2005), and Why Fairy Tales Stick: The Evolution and Relevance of a Genre (2006). Jack Zipes has also translated The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm (1987) and edited The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales (2000), and The Great Fairy Tale Tradition (2001). Most recently he has translated and edited The Folk and Fairy Tales of Giuseppe Pitre (2008) and Lucky Hans and Other Merz Fairy Tales (2008) by Kurt Schwitters. Includes illustrations and a new introduction. ISBN 9781861717474. 612 pages. www.crmoon.com

LEONARDO DA VINCI By James Pearson Leonardo da Vinci's art is the apotheosis of Renaissance - and Western - art. He depicted angels, Madonnas and saints in ever-mysterious images. His sfumato paintings remain some of the most hypnotic in all of art. The sheer intensity of Leonardo's curiosity and his spectacular inventiveness in the fields of science, botany, geology, anatomy, medicine and warfare make him more than worthy of the name 'universal genius'. The most erotic artist of the Renaissance, the one who created the darkest and the strangest images, who created the most hypnotic smiles in art, who took Western painting to the highest point it has reached, was not Michelangelo Buonarroti, Andrea del Sarto, Fra Angelico, Sandro Botticelli, Piero della Francesca, Andrea Mantegna, Raphael, Titian or Masaccio, but Leonardo da Vinci. He is the creator of the Mona Lisa, and '[t]he Mona Lisa is without doubt the most famous work in the entire forty-thousand year history of the visual arts', writes Roy McMullen. Leonardo da Vinci is one of the most celebrated of artists. He is the artist-as-hero, the artist-as-genius - undisputed genius (like Shakespeare or Sophocles). Leonardo is exalted for his amazing mind, his scientific curiosity, his ideas on botany, anatomy, architecture, weaponry, engineering, etc. He wrote copiously, on art and painting, and philosophy; subjects studied in his notebooks include geology, optics, acoustics, music, mathematics, anatomy, hydraulics, ballistics, weight, movement, naval armaments, flight and so on. He 'invented', or rediscovered, the bicycle, an early form of military tank, the helicopter; he understood the principle of gravity before Newton, and explained why stars twinkled before Kepler; he prefigured Bacon, Galileo, Huygens, Cuvier and Halley, among others. Nothing is neglected in Leonardo's 'scientific' curiosity about the world. Artists have long studied all manner of things, despising the relatively recent notion of 'specialization'. The text has been revised for this edition. With a full colour cover. Illustrated, including new illustrations. Painters Series. Bibliography and notes. www.crmoon.com

THE TROUBADOURS BY H.J. CHAYTOR An introduction to the world of the courtly love poets, troubadours and trouvères of the Middle Ages. Chapters include the theory and techniques of the troubadours, the historical context of the troubadours, the Crusades, and the influence of the courtly love poetry tradition in countries such as Spain, Italy, England and Germany. There are studies of (and quotations from) many of the famous troubadours, including: Bertran d Born, Arnaut Daniel, Giraut de Bornhel, Bernard de Ventadour, Raimbaut d'Aurenga, and Peire d'Auvergne. Includes illustrations and bibliography. with a full colour cover. 148 pages. www.crmoon.com

EDMUND SPENSER VISIONS OF PETRARCH AND BELLAY: EARLY SONNETS Translations by Edmund Spenser, one of the great Elizabethan poets, of poems by Joachim du Bellay and Francesco Petrarch. Beautiful poetry, poems of love, full of Spenser's delicate and intricate way with words, and important early translations of Petrarch and Bellay into English. Includes an introduction to the poetry of Edmund Spenser. Bibliography and notes. www.crmoon.com

CORREGGIO By Estelle M. Hurll A study of the Renaissance painter, first published in 1901. Over-shadowed by some of the other Italian Renaissance masters, Correggio is a highly accomplished artist, and the author of many classic paintings of the Renaissance. Fully illustrated in a brand new format, from each stage in Correggio's career. Painters Series. 152 pages. www.crmoon.com

FREDERIC LORD LEIGHTON AN ILLUSTRATED RECORD OF HIS LIFE AND WORK By Ernest Rhys A study of the 19th century British artist Lord Leighton, known for his historical paintings, murals, sculptures, and landscapes. First published in 1900. Includes chapters on Leighton's contemporaries, his sculpture, his techniques, his artistic concepts, and his famous house in West London. Fully illustrated, with works from Leighton and many of his contemporary artists. With a full colour cover. Painters Series. Bibliography and notes. www.crmoon.com

A study of the American artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), first published in 1910. Sadakichi Hartmann considers Whistler's life and artistic career, and discusses his major works. Fully illustrated in a brand new format, from each stage in Whistler's career, plus illustrations of some of Whistler's contemporary artists. Painters Series. 220 pages. www.crmoon.com

THE EARLIER AND LATER WORK OF TITIAN By Claude Phillips This is a fully illustrated reprint of two classic books by Claude Phillips, former Keeper of the Wallace Collection in London, on the art and long life of one of the greatest artists in history, Titian Vecelli. This book combines Phillips' two volumes on Titian, the earlier work and the later work. The art of Titian spans the whole of the Italian Renaissance, moving through many visual styles, ending up with a striking use of broken colour that looks forward to Impressionism. Titian created the full range of Renaissance artforms, including portraits, self-portraits, mythological and historical subjects, religious pictures, altarpieces, and many important commissions. The book (first published in 1898) is illustrated by works from the later career of Titian's lengthy and remarkable life. There is also a section on Titian's contemporaries. With a full colour cover. Also in hardcover. Fully illustrated in a brand new format. Includes footnotes. 264 pages. www.crmoon.com

GREAT ARTISTSRAPHAEL • RUBENS • MURILLO • DÜRER By Jennie Ellis Keysor Four of the celebrated masters of the history of art are explored in this book: Raphael Sanzio, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Peter Paul Rubens and Albrecht Dürer. Each chapter on the artists is accompanied by illustrations. The book is a general introduction to art and artists. With a full colour cover. Also in hardcover. Fully illustrated in a brand new format. Bibliography and notes. Painters Series. 152 pages. www.crmoon.com

GREAT PICTURES AS SEEN AND DESCRIBED BY GREAT WRITERS Edited by Esther Singleton This book is a compendium of writings on art and artists by many famous writers and critics, including Pater, Ruskin, Gauthier, Dumas, Swinburne, Symonds, Constable, Shelley, Fromentin and Goethe. Among the artists explored in this book are Raphael, Tintoretto, Gainsborough, Turner, Van Dyck, Reynolds, Botticelli, Correggio, Michelangelo, Titian, Watteau, Rubens, del Sarto, Angelico, Hobbema, Holbein, Leonardo, de la Tour, Van Eyck, Rossetti, Murillo, Velasquez, Reni, Hogarth, Fragonard, Rembrandt and Dürer. Each entry on the artists and artworks is accompanied by illustrations. The book is an entertaining celebration and critical appraisal of art and artists. Fully illustrated in a brand new format. Painters Series. 352 pages. www.crmoon.com

PERUGINO By George Williamson An introduction to the art of the Renaissance master artist Perugino (Pietro di Cristofano Vannucci, called 'il Perugino' - 'the Perugian' - by his contemporaries). Includes a detailed biography of Perugino. It is fully illustrated with works by Perugino, from each stage in his career, plus a section on his contemporary artists. Features a full catalogue of Perugino's works. Fully illustrated in a brand new format. 180 pages. www.crmoon.com