My favourite things : 75 works of art from around the world / Sister Wendy Beckett

The 75 artworks Siter Wendy showcases here are among the ones that have intrigued and impressed her the most over the years. As well as popular works by Michaelangelo and van Gogh, less well known pieces, such as a Chinese painting and a chess piece, are featured. Short Essays Describe Seventy-five Of The Author's Favorite Works Of Art, Ranging From Famous Paintings To Little-known Works. Woman From Brassenpony -- The Woman With The Pearl / Jean-baptiste-camille Corot -- Le Lac D'annecy / Paul Cezanne -- The Annunciation With Saint Emidius / Carlo Crivelli -- Owl, Detail Of Late-17th-century Tile Panel -- A Woman Peeling Apples / Pieter De Hooch -- A Princess Of Saxony / Lucas Cranach The Elder -- Mr. And Mrs. Andrews / Thomas Gainsborough -- Apollo And Daphne / Gianlorenzo Bernini -- A Bar At The Folies-bergere / Edouard Manet -- Le Dessert De Gaufrettes / Lubin Baugin -- Still Life: Lemons, Oranges & A Rose / Francisco De Zurbaran -- Madame Moitessier Seated / Jean-auguste-dominique Ingres -- Head Of A Young Girl / Jean-francois Millet -- The Ideal City / Francesco Di Giorgio Martini -- Entrance Hall, Laurentian Library / Michelangelo Buonarroti -- The Hay-wain / John Constable -- The Biglin Brothers Racing / Thomas Eakins -- The Young Schoolmistress / Jean-simeon Chardin -- Saint Matthew The Evangelist / Guido Reni --^ Pottery Vendor / Attributed To Giuseppe Gricci -- Chocolate Cup And Saucer -- Still Life With A Nautilus Cup / Jan Davidz. De Heem -- Self-portrait / Albrecht Durer -- Ascensio Julia / Francisco Goya -- El Jaleo / John Singer Sargent -- Saint Catherine Of Alexandria / Raphael -- View Of Delft / Johannes Vermeer -- The Starry Night / Vincent Van Gogh -- The Night Tryst -- Messetin / Jean Antoine Watteau -- The Lute Player / Orazio Gentileschi -- Reverse Of The Medal For Lionello D'este / Pisanello -- Christ Discovered In The Temple / Simone Martini -- Athena / Rembrandt Van Rijn -- Detail From St. Bernardino Altarpiece / Lorenzo Lotto -- The Young Cicero Reading / Vineenzo Foppa -- Saint Jerome Reading / Giovanni Bellini -- Ascanius Shooting The Stag Of Sylvia / Claude Lorrain -- Madonna And Child / Andrea Mantegna -- Youth With Head Ribbon -- Saint John The Baptist Retireing To The Desert / Giovanni Di Paolo -- A Woman Reading A Letter / Gabriel Metsu --^ The Whale, From The Ashmole Bestiary -- Ewer (griffin Aquamanil) -- The Healing Of Palladia By Saint Cosmas And Saint Damian / Fra Angelico -- St. Jerome In A Rocky Landscape / Attributed To Joachim Patinir -- Red Balloon / Paul Klee -- White Marble Figure Of Buddha -- The King, From The Lewis Chessmen -- The Rev. Dr. Robert Walker Skating On Duddingston Loch / Sir Henry Raeburn -- Woman In Blue Reading A Letter / Johannes Vermeer -- The Open Window / Pierre Bonnard -- Woman With A Parasol In A Garden / Pierre-auguste Renoir -- Goat / Anna Noel -- Nefertiti -- Self-portrait In The Roman Style / Leon Battista Alberti -- Card Players / Paul Cezanne -- Julia And Pierrot / Franz Anton Bustelli -- The Goldfinch / Carel Fabritius -- Cat And Butterfly / Lin -- Console Table -- Mares And Foals Beneath Large Oak Trees / George Stubbs -- Flaming June / Lord Frederic Leighton -- Young Woman Over A Brazier, Possibly An Allegory Of Winter / Caesar Boetius Van Everdingen --^ Lobed Maebyong Jar With Floral Decoration -- Saint Anthony Abbot / Attributed To Fr. Nielaus Of Haguenau -- Portrait Of A Gentleman / Giovanni Battista Moroni -- Achilles Killing Penthesilea / Exekias -- Dying Lioness -- Lastra Funebre Di Guidarello (funeral Memorial For Guidarello Guidarelli) / Tullio Lombardo -- The Ashes Of Phocion Collected By His Widow / Nicolas Poussin -- St. Nicholas Of Bari Rebuking The Tempest / Biccie Di Lorenzo -- Paradise / Giovanni Di Paolo. Sister Wendy Beckett. Sister Wendy Beckett--host of the beloved PBS art series--shares her seventy-five favorite works of art, including works by Michelangelo, Rembrandt, van Gogh, and Vermeer, among many others.