Seeing is Believing

GINO BALLANTYNE a Scottish artist born in Malta, he studied at Glasgow School of Art. His work focuses on the human condition to compel understanding of both humanity and civilisation, exploring narratives of the ordinary and the terrible. Gino has exhibited nationally and internationally, Gino and Robert have worked closely together for many years.

• Foreword Family LifeSettling DownSeeing is Believing The Paintings IntroductionPieter Bruegel the Elder, Hunters in the Snow (Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum) Henri Matisse, La Danse (Saint Petersburg, The State Hermitage Museum)Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa (Paris, Musée du Louvre)Édouard Manet, A Bar at the Folies Bergère (London, Courtauld Gallery)John Constable, London, from Hampstead Heath in a Storm; with a Double Rainbow (London, British Museum)J.M.W. Turner, Dudley, Worcestershire (Liverpool, Leverhulme Collection)Thanks and Acknowledgements

Robert's wonderful book takes us on his own multi-sensory grand tour of the greatest European paintings, even taking us out for mouth-watering lunches. Erudite and insightful he teaches us to look and taste for ourselves. His own pioneering story of seeing and understanding is the fascinating subtext.