Book Lovers Art Prints

The world is filled with so many books. Even so, there can be times when we may fear running out of something to read. The term for this is "abibli...

The oldest known confection in the world is the Linzer Torte, a tart with jam and a lattice pasty top, which shows up not only in a 1696 recipe, bu...

In the early years, the Union Jack was usually restricted to use at sea, which most likely is the origin of its name, since it was flown from the ...

Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, both considered masters of the Impressionist art movement, formed a bond both on and off the canvas. Impove...

Based in Albermarle Street, the institution was founded in 1799 by the leading British scientists of the age for diffusing the knowledge of mechani...

The oil lamp and books, are traditional symbols of vigilance. Painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) who produced more than 550 paintings, o...

1874 saw the introduction of the first commercial typewriters, but it was not until after the mid 1880s that they would commonly be seen in offices...

The artists Van Gogh and Paul Gaugin were great friends and lived together in Arles for 63 days in the fall of 1888. Van Gogh painted this chair of...

The smell of a book can be a reminder of things past, with all the linked memories, but also, the smell acts as a trigger of excitement, for the an...

According to the National Sleep Foundation, a bedtime reading ritual helps to prepare the body for sleep, aiding the mind to unwind, separating sle...

Ever wondered which nation leads in the battle of book reading? This is in fact Iceland, where people read more books per capita than in any other ...

According to a recent research, over a quarter of American adults did not read a single book, of any format, over a 12 months period. Worryingly, t...

A bibliophile is one who loves to read, and collect books, often with an extensive collection of books. Beware not to succumb to bibliomania - a di...

Reading is the top favourite pastime of many people. Studies also prove that they are also a brilliant aid with any stress or turmoil. For enjoymen...

The average person reads less than one book per year. After finishing college, most people only read five books over the course of their lifetimes.

It is said that the longest sentence published in literature belongs to Victor Hugo from Les Misérables where there is a sentence which is 823 word...

The books depicted in the painting by Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), are recognisable as French paperback novels of the time. Van Gogh, an avid read...

Unlike the joy of sunbathing, or devouring a board of cheese and wine, the act of reading is a passion without any unwanted side effects - an act t...

The term “moron” was coined in 1910 by psychologist Henry H. Goddard and was used in psychology to denote mild intellectual disability, or a person...

Many of us love the smell of old books, with the aroma of dust and all its history. Other times we enjoy smelling brand new books, freshly printed ...

According to Google, the number of books published in all of modern history totals to around 13 million. With publishers constantly issuing new boo...

A play on the Latin phrase “carpe diem”, usually translated as “seize the day”. The extended version of the phrase “carpe diem, quam minimum credul...

We are made whole by books, as by great space and the stars. Mary Carolyn Davies, 20thC American Poet.

Depicted is Monet's first wife Camille Doncieux. Prior to their marriage, she had been his mistress whilst serving as a model. Camille was said to ...

In ancient Egypt, all the ships that visited were obliged to surrender their books to the library of Alexandria. The books were copied, and the ori...

One of the world’s most impressive private book collection with over 300,000 volumes belongs to Karl Lagerfeld, who stated: ‘Today, I only collect...

For reading comprehension, several brain regions are involved. The temporal lobe responsible for decoding and discriminating sounds, the frontal lo...

The word “novel” as an adjective, dates from the early 1400s, and comes from the old French word “novel/nouvel” meaning “new, recent, young and fre...