Every Saturday for a decade, readers have been turning to the pages of the British newspaper The Independent to read Michael Glover's thoughts about a particular piece of art. Pithy and always engaging, these essays are filled with entertaining observations and trenchant commentary about history, culture, and humanity. This selection of 50 essays—each illustrated by the work in question—includes Glover's reflections on Rembrandt's Bathsheba with King David's Letter, Louise Bourgeois's Spider, and Georgia O'Keeffe's Single Lily with Red, plus works by Blake, Matisse, Schiele, Durer, Bosch, Ensor, and Cezanne.