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Art in Renaissance Italy
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| NZ$ 104.00 each |
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| Author: John T. Paolettii |
| Published by: Laurence King Publishing |
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With a freshness and breadth of approach that sets the art in its context, this book explores why works were created and who commissioned the palaces, cathedrals, paintings, and sculptures.
It covers Rome and Florence, Venice and the Veneto, Assisi, Siena, Milan, Pavia, Genoa, Padua, Mantua, Verona, Ferrara, Urbino, and Naples. Chapters are grouped into four chronological parts, allowing for a sustained examination of individual cities in different periods.
"Contemporary Scene" boxes provide fascinating glimpses of daily life and "Contemporary Voice" boxes quote from painters and writers of the time.
Innovative and scholarly, yet accessible and beautifully presented, this book is a definitive work on the Italian Renaissance.
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Aspects of European History 1789-1980
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| NZ$ 82.00 each |
| Author: LEE S |
| Published by: Taylor & Francis Books Ltd |
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In this sequel to his popular Aspects of European History 1494-1789 Stephen Lee charts the most commonly encountered topics of nineteenth and twentieth-century history, from the origins of the French Revolution, through the social and political reforms and upheavals of the last two centuries to the contemporary scene. He presents a series of short, analytical chapters, based on an interpretative approach to history, providing a range of viewpoints on the subjects selected. For example, some chapters provide a survey of the major conflicting forces affecting Europe as a whole, while others stress the problems and policies of individual statesmen. This treatment is two-fold benefit to students, stimulating their ability to develop and clarify a theme in their own work, and, because of the careful structure of each chapter, aiding them in notetaking, the preparation of essays and revision. Like its predecessor, the book will be useful
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