and all who wish to heighten their enjoyment of this classical art

as well as in the emotional pull it immediately exerts upon the viewer

and Euripides—beautifully illustrated with details of ancient Greek frescoes

Edited by Leslie Rainer and Angelyn Bass Rivera

The twelve essays in this volume explore the development of a frontier mythology

Irises: Vincent van Gogh in the Garden SPE24 and all who wish toJennifer Helvey "How well he has understood the exquisite nature of flowers!" Octave Mirbeau (18481917), French art critic and the first owner of Irises Vincent van Gogh painted Irises in the last year of his life, in the garden of the asylum at Saint Rmy, where he was recuperating from an attack of mental illness. Although he considered the painting more a study than a finished picture, his brother Theo submitted it to the Salon des Indpendants in