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Book Masters of Venice

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  • Author : Sylvia Ferino-Pagden
  • Publisher : Prestel Publishing
  • Release : 2011
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 170 pages

Download or read book Masters of Venice written by Sylvia Ferino-Pagden and published by Prestel Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: KEYNOTE: Featuring ffty masterworks by Mantegna, Giorgione, Titian, Veronese, and Tintoretto, this stunning book examines the brilliant painters who transformed the art of Renaisssance Venice. Featuring fifty masterworks by Mantegna, Giorgione, Titian, Veronese, and Tintoretto, this stunning book examines the brilliant painters who transformed the art of Renaissance Venice. Among the singular moments in the evolution of Western art, the Venetian Renaissance forged an artistic vocabulary of dazzling virtuosity. Celebrating the poetic potential of color and beauty observed in nature, Venetian painters of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries transcended the spatial, textural, and emotional realism of their predecessors to create works unsurpassed in their sensual depictions, velvety surfaces, and unique and glorious treatment of light. Focusing on canonical works from Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum (one of the world's four great imperial museums, along with the Hermitage, the Louvre, and the Prado), this book's lavish illustrations and illuminating essays offer a rich introduction to the treasures of the Venetian Renaissance. Among the spectacular artworks are Mantegna's tortured Saint Sebastian, Titian's enigmatic Bravo (The Assassin) and sumptuous Danäe, and a rare group of paintings by the elusive Giorgione, including Portrait of a Young Woman (Laura) and The Three philosophers. The book also includes exemplary works by Veronese, Palma ecchio, Bordone, and Bassano, among others, revealing the full range of Venetian accomplishment in the Renaissance era. AUTHOR: Sylvia Ferino is director of the Gemaldegalerie of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, and an expert on Italian painting. Lynn Federle Orr is curator in charge of European art at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Among her recent publications is The Cult of Beauty: The Aesthetic Movement 1860-1900 100 colour illustrations

Book The Merchant of Venice

Download or read book The Merchant of Venice written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Merchant of Venice

Download or read book The Merchant of Venice written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Venetian Masters

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  • Author : Bidisha
  • Publisher : Summersdale Publishers
  • Release : 2008
  • ISBN : 9781840246346
  • Pages : 320 pages

Download or read book Venetian Masters written by Bidisha and published by Summersdale Publishers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During two long, humid summers, Bidisha was guided through Venice's intricate social conventions by her best friend's family. While learning valuable lessons about 'the Italian way', Bidisha also glimpsed disturbing prejudices that exist close beneath the sophisticated surface.

Book Venice Master Artisans

Download or read book Venice Master Artisans written by Cristina Gregorin and published by Grafiche Vianello srl. This book was released on 2003 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology is a brand new, beautifully illustrated anatomy and physiology textbook program written and designed for high school students. The text includes thorough, accurate coverage of all the body systems in an inviting, accessible format that chunks chapter information into manageable lessons for the beginning anatomy and physiology student. An abundance of study aids, such as learning objectives, lesson summaries, vocabulary-building exercises, hands-on activities, real-world applications, and extensive assessment opportunities increase students' ability to succeed in this challenging course. An outstanding supplement package that includes a robust companion website, ExamView Assessment Suite CD, PowerPoint lecture slides, detailed lesson plans, and a variety of enrichment labs and activities, will minimize your preparation time.

Book Venetian Masters

Download or read book Venetian Masters written by Bidisha and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Very few people, Italians included, get to experience the real Venice. The sinking city has been mythologised in history, art, literature and music for centuries, but memoirs and stories tend to resonate with clichès of its high aestheticism, the pleasures of the good life and the contrastingly dark underbelly of vendettas and crimes of passion. During two long, humid summers, Bidisha, a young writer from London, set out to explore the truth of the revered City of Love. While learning valuable lessons about the easy-going rhythm of 'the Italian way', Bidisha also glimpsed the coldness and disturbing prejudices that exist close beneath the sophisticated surface of this stylish place.

Book Titian and the Renaissance in Venice

Download or read book Titian and the Renaissance in Venice written by Bastian Eclercy and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dazzling survey of 16th-century Venetian painting captures the striking colors and revolutionary characteristics of one of art history's greatest chapters. It is hard to imagine more profoundly influential artists than the Venetian painters of the 16th century. Whether creating sweeping devotional altarpieces or intimate portraits, the Venetian painters changed the way artists employed color and composition. These defining qualities are on brilliant display in this book that covers fascinating aspects of the work of Titian, Veronese, Tintoretto, Lorenzo Lotto, Jacopo Bassano, and many others. More than one hundred paintings, drawings, and prints are reproduced in stunning detail. Side-by-side comparisons draw readers into the conversations between Venetian artists as they tackled similar subjects and vied for commissions. The book opens with fascinating essays about the history of 16th-century Venice, the Venetian School of painting, and the techniques of the Venetian masters. As beautiful as it is informative, this book features all of the excitement and splendor of one of the most prolific and important chapters in the history of European art.

Book Masters in Art

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1903
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 752 pages

Download or read book Masters in Art written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each number is devoted to one artist and includes bibliography of the artist.

Book Spink   Son s Monthly Numismatic Circular

Download or read book Spink Son s Monthly Numismatic Circular written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Building Renaissance Venice

Download or read book Building Renaissance Venice written by Richard John Goy and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings to life the story of the construction of some of the most outstanding early Renaissance buildings in Venice. Through a series of individual case studies, Richard J. Goy explores how and why great buildings came to be built. He addresses the practical issues of constructing such buildings as the Torre dell’Orologio in Piazza San Marco, the Arsenale Gate, and the churches of Santa Maria della Carita and San Zaccaria, focusing particular attention on the process of patronage. The book is the first to trace the complete process of creating important buildings, from the earliest conception in the minds of the patrons--the Venetian state or other institutional patrons--through the choice of architect, the employment of craftsmen, and the selection of materials. In an interesting analysis of the participants’ roles, Goy highlights the emerging importance of the superintending master, the protomaestro.

Book Forgotten Masters

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  • Author : William Dalrymple
  • Publisher : Philip Wilson Publishers
  • Release : 2020-01-28
  • ISBN : 1781301018
  • Pages : 42 pages

Download or read book Forgotten Masters written by William Dalrymple and published by Philip Wilson Publishers. This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the East India Company extended its sway across India in the late eighteenth century, many remarkable artworks were commissioned by Company officials from Indian painters who had previously worked for the Mughals. Published to coincide with the first UK exhibition of these masterworks at The Wallace Collection, this book celebrates the work of a series of extraordinary Indian artists, each with their own style and tastes and agency, all of whom worked for British patrons between the 1770s and the bloody end of the Mughal rule in 1857. Edited by writer and historian William Dalrymple, these hybrid paintings explore both the beauty of the Indian natural world and the social realities of the time in one hundred masterpieces, often of astonishing brilliance and originality. They shed light on a forgotten moment in Anglo-Indian history during which Indian artists responded to European influences while keeping intact their own artistic visions and styles. These artists represent the last phase of Indian artistic genius before the onset of the twin assaults - photography and the influence of western colonial art schools - ended an unbroken tradition of painting going back two thousand years. As these masterworks show, the greatest of these painters deserve to be remembered as among the most remarkable Indian artists of all time.

Book Back to Venice

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  • Author : Michael Grant
  • Publisher : Michael Grant
  • Release : 2011-05-26
  • ISBN : 1461101212
  • Pages : 277 pages

Download or read book Back to Venice written by Michael Grant and published by Michael Grant. This book was released on 2011-05-26 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine what it would be like to go back in time to the 15th century Venice. And imagine what it would be like to meet your lifelong hero, Michelangelo. And imagine what it would be like if, on first meeting, you spill a tray of pasta and wine on that very same hero.Well, that's what happens to serious young artist Mark Breen. As the result of a drunken bet, Mark knocks out a painting of a toilet bowl. Much to his amazement, he sells it. In short order he's hailed as the new Andy Warhol and becomes an overnight sensation-and a very wealthy man. Soon, images of his toilet bowls are on more t-shirts, mugs, and calendars than Edvard Munch's The Scream.His friend and mentor, Hugh Connelly, afraid that Mark is in danger of losing his "artistic soul," advises him to go back to Italy and reacquaint himself with the "old masters." In Venice, Mark falls in love with Alexandra, a beautiful art restorer, but it's a one-sided affair. One night, hoping to win her over, he climbs up on a roof to find out who painted her favorite fresco. He falls off the roof and wakes up in 15th century Venice where he meets an innkeeper named Francesca, who looks exactly like Alexandra. And it gets curiouser and curiouser from there. During his stay-which is sometimes zany and sometimes frightening-he meet his hero, Michelangelo, who teaches him the true meaning of art.

Book The Servant of Two Masters  A Comedy

Download or read book The Servant of Two Masters A Comedy written by Carlo Goldoni and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Mercenaries and their Masters

Download or read book Mercenaries and their Masters written by Michael Mallett and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2009-08-19 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael MallettÕs classic study of Renaissance warfare in Italy is as relevant today as it was when it was first published a generation ago. His lucid account of the age of the condottieri - the mercenary captains of fortune - and of the soldiers who fought under them is set in the wider context of the Italian society of the time and of the warring city-states who employed them. A fascinating picture emerges of the mercenaries themselves, of their commanders and their campaigns, but also of the way in which war was organized and practiced in the Renaissance world. The book concentrates on the fifteenth century, a confused period of turbulence and transition when standing armies were formed in Italy and more modern types of military organization took hold across Europe. But it also looks back to the middle ages and the fourteenth century, and forward to the Italian wars of the sixteenth century when foreign armies disputed the European balance of power on Italian soil. Michael MallettÕs pioneering study, which embodies much scholarly research into this neglected, often misunderstood subject, is essential reading for any one who is keen to understand the history of warfare in the late medieval period and the Renaissance.

Book Venice and Its Story

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  • Author : Thomas Okey
  • Publisher : Good Press
  • Release : 2021-04-26
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 391 pages

Download or read book Venice and Its Story written by Thomas Okey and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-04-26 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the history of Venice, a State unparalleled in Europe for permanence and stability. For centuries Venice occupied that position of maritime supremacy now held by Great Britain, and time was when an English king was fain to crave the loan of a few warships to vindicate his rights in France. The autonomy of the Venetian Republic was so imposed on men's minds that it was regarded as in the very nature of things, and even so acute an observer as Voltaire wrote in the Dictionnaire Philosophique, less than three decades before her fall: "Venice has preserved her independence during eleven centuries, and I flatter myself will preserve it forever." In this book, the author has freely drawn from the old chronicles, while not neglecting modern historians, the chiefest of whom is the Triestine Hebrew scholar, Samuele Romanin...For purposes of description in this book, the author divided the city and outlying islands of the Venetian lagoon into twenty sections, arranged rather concerning their relative historical and artistic importance than to strict topographical considerations, although these have not been lost sight of.

Book The Justice of Venice

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  • Author : James E Shaw
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2006-04-27
  • ISBN : 9780197263778
  • Pages : 268 pages

Download or read book The Justice of Venice written by James E Shaw and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-04-27 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published for The British Academy.

Book The Ship master s Assistant and Owner s Manual

Download or read book The Ship master s Assistant and Owner s Manual written by David Steel and published by . This book was released on 1803 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: