It was the da Vinci code that got me interested in Leonardos work. This book is superb, the pictures are of an excellent quality, the literature is very interesting and the book is a cute little size (can easily fit in your bag). It is a bargain price and a great book to have in anyones collection! Highly recommended to any da Vinci code lovers!! The picture of the Last super spreads over 9 pages and the explanations are riveting!
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This is an exquisite book that performs the rare feat of taking a masterpiece and providing the viewer with new perspectives on its genius. North places Holbien's portrait of two French ambassadors almost to the day at a turning point of English history, as Henry VIII rejects papal authority and marries Anne Boleyn. In addition to this, he provides an exacting and fluent reading of the portait's scientific, artistic, intellectual and occult significance. This single picture therefore becomes and embodiment of the unique synthesis between science, art, reigion and magic in the 16th century European intellect.
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This book is a well researched and a thorough introduction to the art of renaissance Italy. It contains lots of full-page colour illustrations and has a nifty timeline at the back of the book. The author talks about how the art was created and its purpose. I was expecting a headache after the second chapter but I was surprised to find it lucid and not migraine inducing at all. It would provide anyone with a reliable introduction to this subject.
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This book is a well researched and a thorough introduction to the art of renaissance Italy. It contains lots of full-page colour illustrations and has a nifty timeline at the back of the book. The author talks about how the art was created and its purpose. I was expecting a headache after the second chapter but I was surprised to find it lucid and not migraine inducing at all. It would provide anyone with a reliable introduction to this subject.
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This book was a really good read from beginning to end. I always thought Julian an interesting character when i was growing up. So reading this book intrigued me.
Very funny, sad, educational in ways too. A recommended read!
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This book was a really good read from beginning to end. I always thought Julian an interesting character when i was growing up. So reading this book intrigued me.
Very funny, sad, educational in ways too. A recommended read!
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this book is such an intresting read i would highly recomend this book to anyone who has fallen in love with florance or has an intrest in the history of the renaissance. Strathern wrights in such a way that you do not feel as if you are reading an history book, it is a wonderfull story about an amazing period in time. i am an art history student with prior knowlage of the medici but this book is perfectly writen for both readers with some knolage of the family and thoughs without. i would not recomend this book to people who are not intressted in the renaissance.
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