Love.

It provides compelling subject matter for every art form in the world. Music, poetry, drama, fiction and of course the visual arts, all owe much of their inspiration and popularity to this most complicated and compelling emotion. Whether gripped by the throes of passion, enduring the pain of unrequited love or basking in the joy of lifelong devotion, Nick Trend, journalist and art historian, explores how love has influenced artists and the work they created from the 15th century right up to the present day.

Beautifully illustrated with more than 70 full-colour reproductions his book, What Art Can Tell Us About Love, reveals how artists have painted, sketched and modelled their lovers and the details of their often intense, sometimes turbulent relationships. In short it is a book of love stories illustrated by some of the greatest artists who have ever lived

Featured artists include: Caravaggio, Georgia O’Keefe, Sarah Bernhardt, Picasso, Rembrandt, Frida Kahlo, Tamara de Lempicka, Clifford Prince-King, Chagall, Lotte Laserstein and Niki de Saint Phalle.