 "Lancashire Evening Post (Preston, England)")
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Prestons from all around the world (photo gallery).
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For the 137,000 or so people who live in our city, home is where the heart is.
But hundreds of thousands of people throughout the world can also claim to be affiliated to a place called Preston. They live in towns sharing our name in countries as far away as America, Australia and Canada.
Our Preston - England's newest city - has landmarks such as The Guild Hall, is one of the founders of football and is home to the first KFC and stretch of motorway in the UK.
In 1698 Celia Fiennes, who travelled extensively throughout England and Scotland on ...
 "USA Today (Magazine)")
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How Van Gogh: influenced--and was influenced by--the art of drawing: while Rembrandt, Delacroix, and Daumier had a great impact on him, others, such as Matisse and Klee, were early beneficiaries of his example.(Museums Today)
Magazine article from: USA Today (Magazine)
; ...by artists Van Gogh admired, such as Jean Clouet and Paul Cezanne and even by several artists...ranging from rare Renaissance portraits by Jean and Francois Clouet to the stellar 19th-century works of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and Delacroix...
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The way of imperfection: laughter and mysticism in Marguerite de Navarre's L'Heptameron.
Magazine article from: French Forum
; ...gives her work a mysterious hue that is comparable to the enigmatic smile that shines in her eyes in the portrait by Jean Clouet. (2) What Busson in particular discerns in Marguerite de Navarre's smile is the enigma of her unique, personal...
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A portrait of Europe at its most magnificent
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...us children to delight over - look especially at the tiny, brilliantly touching portrait of Madeleine de France by Jean Clouet, overshadowed by its broken-pedimented frame - and preposterous individuals to laugh at: don't miss the wonderfully...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Beauty in life after DEATH; Richard Edmonds delves into the lost art of painting miniatures.
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England)
; ...gone before'. But first, a few words about the beginnings of the miniature. In the 16th Century, the French artist Jean Clouet, was possibly the first artist to paint in roundels, detaching the tiny picture from the normal religious motif and...
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Road Racing
Newspaper article from: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
; ...Dick L'Heureux 3:20:39.1, 50. Peter Lodge 3:20:42.2 51. Daniel Doherty 3:20:56.1, 52, Jean-Marie Clouet 3:21:20.2, 53. Vicki Bryant 3:21:26.6, 54. Doug McCalmont 3:21:20.2, 55. Erik Seastead 3...
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Letter: Euro-sceptics economical with the reality
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...and was privileged to meet many brave Frenchmen and, indeed, married one of the most courageous: Commandant Jean-Francois Clouet des Pesruches, who died for his country having earned the highest accolade from General de Gaulle, La Croix de...
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...colonist and founder of Georgia, 1696; Jean-Etienne Liotard, painter, 1702; Carl...Franz Abt, composer and conductor, 1819; Jean-Henri Fabre, naturalist, 1823; Charles...Roman emperor, beheaded AD 69; Francois Clouet (Janet), miniature painter, 1572...
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A rare glimpse of Renaissance France
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; ...among the most impressive designs in the show is a drawing by Jean Cousin the Elder of a gold centerpiece given to Henri II at...Harvard's Houghton Library, and both attributed to Francois Clouet. They are also both exquisite. Mary, in white mourning...
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Portrait de l'autre.(Actualités/Débats)
Magazine article from: Etc. Montreal
; ...y donnais l'exemple du livre Le Regard du portrait, de Jean-Luc Nancy (1), qui me parat marquant dans le champ de la...Antiquit jusqu' Warhol et Richter, en passant par Van Eyck, Clouet, Holbein, Velasquez ... On n'aura pas pu manquer d'autres...
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