PICTURE THIS
An Apothecary of Art: To Soothe Your Soul
(Batsford £18.99, 192pp)
‘Take some time, commune with the profound beauty found here, and breathe’, advises curator Lisa Azarmi.
This book combines great works of art with great thoughts from the likes of Sophocles, Harriet Tubman and Charlie Chaplin.
Shepherdess Resting, Berthe Morisot, 1891
Some pairings are obvious. Waterhouse’s The Lady Of Shalott painting and Tennyson’s poem of the same name, for instance, but the combination of George Sand and artist Harold Harvey is less on the nose.
Intended to be a ‘journey’ to help you through any stage of life, this book will leave your soul feeling well and truly soothed.
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