Journey into a world of beauty, decadence, and dark secrets. Dorian Gray, a young and handsome man, is lured into a life of hedonism after having his portrait painted. As he indulges in a life of pleasure and sin, he remains youthful while his portrait ages, bearing the burden of his sins. Wilde's haunting tale explores the price of vanity and the corrupting influence of a life devoid of conscience. With its timeless themes and unforgettable characters,...

Examines what a self portrait is, including faces, sculpted self portraits, and family portraits.

The Bridgeman Art Library, a photographic library in Great Britain that specializes in art reproduction, offers a look at the history of European and American portrait painting.

Explores how artists catch facial expressions in paint and suggests how readers can try painting portraits.

Presents some of baseball's greatest players.

"Myra has a gift...she's a portrait artist whose paintings alter people's bodies...But one frigid night, the governor's wife discovers the truth and threatens to expose Myra if she does not complete a special portrait that would resurrect the governor's dead son. Once she arrives at the legendary stone mansion, however, it becomes clear the boy's death was no accident. A killer stalks these halls--one disturbingly obsessed with portrait magic"--