Download or read book The Chapel of the Magi written by Benozzo (di Lese) and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 1994-01 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Medici family chapel is a jewel-like room and, despite changes that have been made to it over the years, it houses the best preserved of Renaissance fresco cycles

Download or read book The Chapel of the Magi written by Cristina Acidini Luchinat and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The chapel of the Magi written by Jacopo Stoppa and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Chapel of the Magi in Palazzo Medici written by Franco Cardini and published by Virago Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chapel of the Magi in Palazzo Medici is one of those places in Italy in which history and art combine to bear witness to the past in a way that is absolutely exceptional. In this case it is a period in the past that has been extraordinarily celebrated, studied and loved, so as to achieve an almost mythic status: the age of the

Download or read book The Rhine written by Karl Baedeker (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The West written by Christopher Tadgell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 929 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christopher Tadgell covers the major architectural traditions of the Middle Ages, from the Romanesque architecture of the ninth and tenth centuries, built on the legacy of ancient Rome and including elements from Carolingian, Ottonian, Byzantine and northern European traditions, through to the evolution of the Gothic which heralded new, structurally daring architecture. The book ends with the Italian rediscovery of classical ideas and ideals and the emergence of the great Renaissance theorists and architects, including Brunelleschi, Alberti, and Bramante. As well as the palazzos, villas and churches of Renaissance Italy, this period saw the building of great chateaux in France, palaces in Germany and the golden-domed cathedrals of Russia. With more than two thousand images, including many plans, The West is a beautiful, single-volume guide to the history of architecture in this period, covering the whole of Europe from Ireland to Russia and placing architectural developments within their political, technological, artistic and intellectual contexts.

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Download or read book Florence Tuscany written by Tim Jepson and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Completely revised and updated guidebooks from the award-winning, internationally acclaimed series. Profusely illustrated with full-color maps, photographs, and specially commissioned artwork, packed with detailed information, savvy advice, and much more, they're a favorite with travelers everywhere--and the critics love them as well. "Sensational photos, superb maps, and prose that's authoritative." --San Francisco Chronicle "It's like reading and looking at a really in-depth National Geographic essay." --Seattle Times "All the glossy thoroughness you would expect from the brand name, with an impressive list of contributors."--The Times (London) "Some of the handsomest volumes you'll ever find on a shelf of travel books." --Toronto Star "Filled with beautiful photography, and excellent color maps; after all, this is National Geographic, a publisher that's had about a hundred years experience in doing this kind of thing." --The Tennessean

Download or read book Gentleman s Magazine and Historical Chronicle written by and published by . This book was released on 1821 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance written by Karl Baedeker (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Magi Legend written by Andrew Dobell and published by Creative Edge Publishing. This book was released on 2024-05-17 with total page 1633 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Complete, 7 Book, Magi Saga Series. *** Broke and on the streets of New York, Amanda had little hope for the future. She didn’t think life could get any worse… …until she was attacked by a werewolf! Dragged down an alley by a slathering beast, Amanda is hurt, stressed and angry. She’s no match for this monster. But to her surprise, Magical lightning erupts from her hands. She blasts the creature, and her world turns upside down. Magic, monsters, and those who hunt them, shouldn’t exist. But the Magi are very real, and Amanda is one of them. She fights to escape New York, but there's no escaping her new life. To survive, she must learn to use and control her Magic. Elsewhere, dark Magi scheme from the shadows, supernatural creatures hunger for blood, and eldritch gods watch from the depths. As prophecies are revealed and revelations uncovered, she struggles to accept her magical heritage. Now Amanda must learn to fight against the darkness in this Epic Urban Fantasy Thriller. Read the complete Magi Saga today. *** Sample Reviews "One of the best magic/fantasy books I have ever read! I am looking forward to continuing on with the series!" "Amanda (protagonist) is a loveable scamp that likes to kick "bottom". You can really get emotionally involved with her story." "I loved it! Love it love it love it! What a fantastic adventure I just went on reading this book. I love Amanda!"

Download or read book Balthazar written by Kristen Collins and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2023-02-28 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This abundantly illustrated book examines the figure of Balthazar, one of the biblical magi, and explains how and why he came to be depicted as a Black African king. According to the Gospel of Matthew, magi from the East, following a star, traveled to Jerusalem bearing precious gifts for the infant Jesus. The magi were revered as wise men and later as kings. Over time, one of the three came to be known as Balthazar and to be depicted as a Black man. Balthazar was familiar to medieval Europeans, appearing in paintings, manuscript illuminations, mosaics, carved ivories, and jewelry. But the origin story of this fascinating character uncovers intricate ties between Europe and Africa, including trade and diplomacy as well as colonization and enslavement. In this book, experts in the fields of Ethiopian, West African, Nubian, and Western European art explore the representation of Balthazar as a Black African king. They examine exceptional art that portrays the European fantasy of the Black magus while offering clues about the very real Africans who may have inspired these images. Along the way, the authors chronicle the Black presence in premodern Europe, where free and enslaved Black people moved through public spaces and courtly circles. The volume’s lavish illustrations include selected works by contemporary artists who creatively challenge traditional depictions of Black history.

Download or read book The Journey of the Magi written by Richard C. Trexler and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matthew's Gospel reveals little about the three wealthy visitors said to have presented gifts to the infant Jesus. Yet hundreds of generations of Christians have embellished that image of the Three Kings or Magi for a myriad of social and political as well as spiritual purposes. Here Richard Trexler closely examines how this story has been interpreted and used throughout the centuries. Biblically, the Journey of the Magi presents a positive image of worldly power, depicting the faithful in progress toward their God and conveying the importance of the gift-giving laity as legitimators of their deity. With this in mind, Trexler explains in particular how Western societies have molded the story to describe and augment their own power--before the infant God and among themselves. The author demonstrates how the magi as a group functioned in Christian society. For example, magi plays, processions, and images taught people how to pray and behave in reverential contexts; they featured monarchs and heads of republics who enacted the roles of the magi to legitimate their rule; and they constrained native Americans to fall in line behind the magi to instill in them loyalty toward the European world order. However, Trexler also shows these philosopher-kings as competitive among each other, as were groups of different ages, races, and genders in society at large. Originally modeled on representations of the Roman triumphs, the magi have reached the present day as street children wearing crowns of cardboard, proving again the universality of the image for constructing, reinforcing, and even challenging a social hierarchy. Originally published in 1997. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Download or read book Giotto and the Arena Chapel written by Laura Jacobus and published by Harvey Miller. This book was released on 2008 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is divided into two parts, the first presenting new evidence and reconstructions of the chapel's design and early history; the second offering new interpretations of Giotto's frescoes. Appendices present original sources, all of which are newly-discovered, unpublished or previously published in inaccessible editions. An outline of the early history of the Scrovegni family and the career of the chapel's patron, Enrico Scrovegni, introduces the first part of the book. It is argued that the chapel's varied functions played an important part in determining the form of the building and the content of its frescoes. A complete reconstruction of the appearance of the Arena Chapel at the time of its consecration in 1305 forms the basis for an entirely new understanding of Giotto's frescoes. Giotto was the architect of the Arena Chapel, architecture and decoration were completely integrated in his design. Changes in the design brief during the period 1300-1305 prevented the full realization of his design. Some of the paintings now seen in the Arena Chapel, which have always been attributed to Giotto, are not in fact by him. Several independent masters worked under Giotto's direction. He headed a flexibly-organized workshop. Part II is introduced by a discussion of the frescoes that would be encountered by visitors to the Arena Chapel. These frescoes were deliberately placed in these positions by Giotto in order to further a process of luminal transformation upon entry into sacred space. Giotto employed radically new compositional devices to evoke correspondences between the pictured protagonists in their fictive environments, and viewers in the real environment of the chapel. Dr. Laura Jacobus' research interests cover various aspects of Italian visual culture during the period c.1250-1450. She teaches at Birkbeck University of London.