Michael Wilcox

This book takes a sidelong and challenging glance at Britten's operas from the theatrical point of view of a gay dramatist. Britten's output includes notable settings of poetry by Auden, Rimbaud, Michelangelo and Wilfred Owen - all homosexuals. But it is his magnificent operas which lie at the heart of his work; beneath the recurring theme of innocence corrupted, Wilcox explores their fascinating personal and private gay subtexts ranging from camp...

This is a landmark book for artists. It contains a surprising amount of information that is not available elsewhere. Equally important, the infomration is presented in a handsome, easily referenced format. No matter how knowledgeable you are as an artist, you are going to be surprised by some of the facts in this book. It is the first publication to cover the wide range of pigments currently used in artists' watercolor, many of them almost unknown...