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Collection of photographic images of works of art: the world of books and reading<br>(You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading themu2026Ray Bradbury)
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Tomb of Don Martín Vázquez de Arce, Doncel de Sigüenza (1461 – 1486)
Don Martín Vázquez died in 1486 during the conquest of Granada and his brother Fernando, bishop of the Canary Islands, ordered a portrait in alabaster where he lies on his side while reading, in one of the finest examples of Spanish funerary art
Don Martín Vázquez de Arce, Doncel de Sigüenza (1461 – 1486)
Don Martín Vázquez de Arce, Doncel de Sigüenza (1461 – 1486)
Mausoleum of the families Jeamne and Mea in the cemetery of Hermanville-sur-mer Steve McCurry-photographs of people reading
Reading Gargoyle Reading Gargoyle in Balliol’s Front Quad (U.K.) Balliol is one of Oxford’s best known Colleges
West Laurel Hill Cemetery Staglieno Cemetery Tomb of Luigi Priario, by Demetrio Paernio (1877)
Valencia Monasterio de San Miguel de los Reyes
Valencia Monasterio de San Miguel de los Reyes José Vento González (n.1940)
Valencia Monasterio de San Miguel de los Reyes José Vento González (n.1940)
Valencia Monasterio de San Miguel de los Reyes José Vento González (n.1940)
Bronze statue of Erasmus, designed by Hendrik de Keyser in 1672 Grote Kerkplein Rotterdam
Erasmus Statue at the Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus Statue at the Erasmus University Rotterdam
Baeza Statue of Antonio Machado (1875-1939)
Baeza (Jaén, Spain) Statue of Antonio Machado (1875-1939), Spanish poet and one of the leading figures of the Spanish literary movement known as the Generation of '98
Segovia, Spain Statue of Antonio Machado (1875-1939), by César y Ángel García
Sevilla Monument to Antonio Machado by Julio López Hernández (Spanish, 1930)
Sevilla Monument to Antonio Machado by Julio López Hernández (Spanish, 1930)
1990 Sevilla Monument to Antonio Machado (1875-1939) by Julio López Hernández (Spanish, 1930)
Arucas, Gran Canaria Domingo Rivero (1852 -1929) was a Spanish poet from the Canary Islands
Arucas, Gran Canaria Domingo Rivero (1852 -1929)
La Coruña (Galicia, Spain) Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851-1921) was a Spanish novelist, journalist, essayist, critic and scholar from Galicia
Toledo Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) by Óscar Alvariño Belinchón (Spanish, 1962)
Reading in Valladolid, Spain Allegory of the Study by Antonio Susillo Fernandez Columbus Monument - Plaza de Colón
Book fountain Chattanooga Library Fountain
Ampolla, Spain Paco Morales El lector de L'Ampolla
Ampolla, Spain Paco Morales El lector de L'Ampolla
Nobel laureate Gabriela Mistral in Plaza de los Poetas Cerro Bellavista, Valparaíso, Chile
Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga, better known by her pen name of Gabriela Mistral. Chile, Elqui Valley, Montegrande
Janine Le Cann (French) Jitka Palmer
Antoine Kito (French) Brûlures de l'histoire