Böcker av Katie Scott

Informative, imaginative and artistic activities for young naturalists everywhere.

This innovative book looks at objects that once belonged to artists, revealing not only the fabric of the eighteenth-century art world in France but also unfamiliar-and sometimes unexpected-insights into the individuals who populated it including Jean-Antoine Watteau, Francois Boucher, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, and Elisabeth Vigee-LeBrun.

With a desire to seek direction from God, and determination to discover my purpose, I questioned, "What is the reality of spirituality? Where will God take me?" In complete surrender, the design begins to unfold over a period of eighteen months as I journal an authentic accounting of my spiritual quest, revealing how I learned to "see, hear and feel" the power of Spirit which led me to discover true inner peace, an abundance of joy, new direction...and, an opportunity to meet my soul mate. While I may be a professional at renovating and restoring homes, God showed me that He is the professional at renovating and restoring souls. The glory of a renovation is turning something broken into something beautiful. This is the story of my in terior design, my design from within, a classic and timeless renovation.

This book accompanies an exhibition at Waddesdon that will unite Chardin's four paintings of a boy with a house of cards for the first time (loans come from the Musee du Louvre, Paris; National Gallery, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington DC), allowing us to examine Chardin's treatment of the subject in the context of his fascination ...