A stunningly illustrated story of painters - what they do, and why. Art historian and critic Martin Gayford, dubbed a modern-day Vasari, has interviewed many of the most famous painters of our times.
Nyuwa, the Chinese goddess who molds humanity, finds her counterpart in Prometheus, the Greek Titan who fashions humans from earth and endows them with life. Yue Lao, the god who controls lovers' ...