The portraits of the land and the people bring a powerful visual component as the reader meets and learns about Tibet firsthand through these storytellers.

Modigliani's portraits of Jeanne Hebuterne, painted in 1918 and 1919, brought a total of $25 million.

NOTE: This grim portrait of the dead land brings us to a juncture in the novel.

And their telling portraits of their subjects vividly brought this home.

The resulting portraits of Ray brought him his largest following, and some of the photographs later appeared in the book "Man's Best Friend."

Back at court, Fourbin ordered portraits of beautiful women brought to him.

His portrait by Joshua Reynolds in 1746 brought the artist his initial fame.

But like their written counterparts, these portraits vividly bring to life some essence of the person who died.

The portrait of the Livingstons that emerges from the personal correspondence in the volumes often brings to life, but does not enshrine, 18th-century life.