The United States is gone, along with its flooded coasts. North America's two warring nations, the western Republic and the eastern Colonies, have reached a breaking point. In the midst of this broken continent and dark new world are two teenagers who will go down in history ... Born into the slums of the Republic's Lake sector, fifteen-year old Day is the country's most wanted criminal. A mysterious boy with no recorded image or fingerprints. A boy who should no longer exist. Born to an elite family in the wealthy Ruby sector, fifteen-year old June is the Republic's most promising prodigy. Obedient, passionate, and committed to her country - until the day her brother Metias is murdered during a break-in at the plague hospital. Only one person could be responsible. Day.

Sculptor and architect, Bernini was last of the great geniuses who had made Italy the artistic centre of Europe for over three hundred years. 'Bent on pushing the resources of marble structure to their extremity', he gave a new, lifelike quality to his portraits, catching the more animated and spontaneous expression of his models and bringing an innovative treatment to such traditional subjects as David. Innovative too was his aim to make sculpture part of a larger conception and to link it with its architectural surroundings. His most famous work of this type is The Ecstasy of St Teresa, which, in its place in the Cornaro Chapel, has a breathtakingly beautiful, even visionary, quality. Howard Hibbard's excellent and uncluttered study traces the evolution of this all-embracing artistic vision. Together with the lavish illustrations, it is an important contribution to the understanding of the age of Baroque and one of its greatest artists.

Sculptor and architect Bernini was the virtual creator and greatest exponent of Baroque in 17th century Italy. He has left his greatest mark on Rome where Papal patronage provided him with enormous architectural commissions.

The book details the conception and history of the museum. Pictures of the drawings, paintings and sculpture that can be view upon visiting.

Lavishly illustrated, scholarly text on Poussin and his painting The Holy Family on the Steps (National Gallery in Washington). Includes discussion of some of his other works as well as the paintings and works of other artists of the time.

No recent study has made a complete synthesis of the many-sided genius of Michelangelo, who combined an extraordinary talent for sculpture, architecture, painting and even poetry. Now this richly illustrated book sets out to examine all the facets of Michelangelo's incredible productions. Howard Hibbard, in illustration, details step by step the whole career of this giant among artists. All Michelangelo's important pieces, whether statue, fresco, or painting, are examined.