Erika Langmuir

The purpose of this dictionary is twofold: to act as a reference book for travellers and gallery visitors, and alsó to provide at-home information to students of western art history and generál readers interested in the subject. To these ends, entries vary between the cursory and the...

This beautifully illustrated and updated National Gallery Companion Guide introduces art lovers to one of the richest and most representative collections of Western European paintings in the world. Erika Langmuir offers enlightening commentary on more than 200 of the finest works––by painters...

In a glum moment in Wonderland, Alice, you will remember, asked what on earth was the use of a book without pictures or conversations. This book, I am happy to say, is rich in both: the pictures are some of the finest ever painted, and the conversations are with someone who knows them as...