Arts & Literature

Welcome To Arts & Literature where we try to answer questions of a scholarly nature.

If you are looking for information about books then head to Books & Authors. The Arts section covers all sorts of topics like theatre, exhibitions, paintings and much more.

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Stanzie Tooth (I Really Like These)

Afternoon,A little bit of art to get us through Wednesday:http://www.stanzietooth.com/Just spotted these. Never heard of Stanzie Tooth before.What do you think?Ed...

Morgan_s

Oil painting for beginners

Does anyone do this?I'm interested in starting and wander how much would a cheap setup be?...

codswallop

Watercolours

I'm thinking about trying to paint.......in watercolours.Is there a "pie chart" of colours that gives a visual of what result you would get by mixing certain colours?It's something I was...

barney15c

Collective worth of Paintings at the Da Vinci Exhibition

There is going to be an exhibition of Da Vinci's works at the national gallery from November 9th. Does anyone know what their appoximate collective worth would be? Thanks!!...

Sjell

I'm trying to idenitfy the title and author of a book that I really enjoyed in the late seventies from the plot. Can anyone help?

Written by an English female author, it is the story of a young girl (Elizabeth?) and her relationship with an older man (John?) who she meets when cooking for a dinner party at his house as an...

Daij

Nelson's column too short

I thought that Nelson's column was 30ft shorter than it was thought to be. A quick web search will confirm this. I also thought that the reason why this was so was because it was French built and...

ataylorcat

Wax mold horse

I found a beautiful wax mold horse at a thrift store and I'm trying to figure out if it's worth anything and get a little history on it. There is a sticker on the bottom which says 02/23/83 Coyote. It...

tonywiltshire

Who remembers details of conversations twenty years ago?

I have just finished reading Borstal Boy by Brendan Behan having gritted my teeth during his support for the IRA I was surprised by the apparent recall and detail of conversations nearly twenty years...

ellebelle94

Style Models

Hello :) I need some style models (examples) on the following, can anyone find any? 1. A Magazine Article on a TV Programme, e.g. X Factor 2. A Newspaper Article on children in Britain today are seen...

flobadob

Artist called P. Ricci?

Has anyone ever heard of an artist called P. Ricci. We have a picture in our house of some old fishing boat with what looks like an Italian city in the background. The name on the bottom right says P....

blackeyed

Abstract Art

Does the art (abstract in particular) say anything about the person who drew it?

reddhead

Which painting? Man or clown in bath with red flowers

I am trying to find an image of a painting I saw online some years ago. The Painting was of a man (or maybe a clown?) in a bath covered in Red flower petals. I think some of the water had spilled onto...

toalisi

da Vinci exhibition

I am hoping to view the collection of da Vinci's paintings at theNational Gallery. As the exhibition will clearly be very popular I'm wondering if there will be any limit on the amount of time one can...

saintpeter48

nicholas evans, 'the brave'

who is this novel dedicated to, anyone know?. thanks

saintpeter48

Nicholas Evans

what is the name of Nicholas Evans sister, who the novel 'The Brave' is dedicated to. thanks.

JFourteen

People or Persons?

Personally I've always said people when saying the plural of person but I here so much on the TV or even in person the use of persons. It sounds gramatically incorrect to me but I don't know...

Morgan_s

Can anyone recommend any story writing websites?

Youknow the ones where someone writes a chapter and then someone else and so on or are there any different types with different forms? Thinking about it it does sound like each chapter could be...