Sir Kenneth J Dover Books

The ancient Greeks have for centuries been regarded as Western Culture's cultural and intellectual ancestors. But throughout generations of education in ancient Greek philosophy, drama, poetry, politics, and art, a crucial aspect of the ancient Greek world has come to be overlooked, avoided, distorted, or denied--the role of the homosexual relationship. K.J. Dover's scholarly, thorough, and fair study is a landmark in the opening of the issue to the public.

Six full-color postcards re-create popular works of the Impressionist Vincent van Gogh's Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear ; Pierre-Auguste Renoir's Girls at the Piano ; Alfred Sisley's The Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garenne ; Claude Monet's Water Lilies and Japanese Bridge ; Mary Cassatt's Mother and Child Against a Green Background ; and Edgar Degas' Before the Rehearsal.