Kings, Queens & Courtiers
Author | : Kenneth Rose |
Publisher | : Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : 9780297787334 |
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Author | : Kenneth Rose |
Publisher | : Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : 9780297787334 |
Author | : Martha Wolff |
Publisher | : Art Inst of Chicago |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780300170252 |
This sumptuous catalogue provides an overview of French art circa 1500, a dynamic, transitional period when the country, resurgent after the dislocations of the Hundred Years' War, invaded Italy and all media flourished. What followed was the emergence of a unique art: the fusion of the Italian Renaissance with northern European Gothic styles. Outstanding examples of exquisite and revolutionary works are featured, including paintings, sculptures, illuminated manuscripts, stained glass, tapestries, and metalwork. Exciting new research brings to life court artists Jean Fouquet, Jean Bourdichon, Michel Colombe, Jean Poyer, and Jean Hey (The Master of Moulins), all of whose creations were used by kings and queens to assert power and prestige. Also detailed are the organization of workshops and the development of the influential art market in Paris and patronage in the Loire Valley.
Author | : Kenneth Rose |
Publisher | : Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : 9780297789567 |
Author | : Kenneth Rose |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : 9780600562894 |
Author | : William Shawcross |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 1162 |
Release | : 2009-10-27 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0307273318 |
The official and definitive biography of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, the most beloved British monarch of the twentieth century. Consort of King George VI, mother of Queen Elizabeth II, and grandmother of Prince Charles, Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon—the ninth of the Earl of Strathmore’s ten children—was born on August 4, 1900, and, certainly, no one could have imagined that her long life (she died in 2002) would come to reflect a changing nation over the course of an entire century. Vividly detailed, written with unrestricted access to her personal papers, letters, and diaries, this candid royal biography by William Shawcross is also a singular history of Britain in the twentieth century.
Author | : Robert Lacey |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 496 |
Release | : 2008-06-24 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1439108390 |
For more than fifty years, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor -- who became Elizabeth II, Queen of England on February 6, 1952 -- has been loved and loathed, revered and feared, applauded and criticized by her people. Still she endures as a captivating figure in the world's most durable symbol of political authority: the British monarchy. In Monarch, a meticulously detailed portrait of Elizabeth II as both a human being and an institution, bestselling author Robert Lacey brings the queen to life as never before: as baby "Lilibet" learning to wave to a crowd in the Royal Mews; as a child "ardently praying for a brother" so as to avoid her fate; as a young woman falling in love with and marrying her cousin Philip; and as the mother-in-law of the most complicated royal of all, Princess Diana. Updated with new material to reflect the 2002 Golden Jubilee and the passing of the Queen Mum -- and featuring dozens of photographs, a family tree of the Hanoverian-Windsor-Mountbatten families, and a map that charts the location of royal castles -- Monarch is an engaging, critical, and celebratory account of Elizabeth's half-century reign that no reader of popular history should be without.
Author | : Toby Wilkinson |
Publisher | : Thames & Hudson |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2007-11-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0500771634 |
100 biographies reveal the true character and diversity of the ancient world's greatest civilization The biographies included here give voice not only to ancient Egypt's rulers but also to the people who built the great monuments, staffed government offices, farmed, served in the temples, and fought to defend the country's borders. Spanning thousands of years of ancient Egyptian history, the book offers a fresh perspective on an always fascinating civilization through the lives of: The god-kings, from great rulers like Khufu and Ramesses II to less famous monarchs such as Amenemhat I and Osorkon Egypt's queens: the powerful Tiye, the beautiful Nefertiti, Tutankhamun's tragic child-bride Ankhesenamun, and the infamous Cleopatra The officials who served the pharaoh: the architect Imhotep who designed the first pyramid, the court dwarf Perniankhu, and the royal sculptor Bak Ordinary women who are often overlooked in official accounts: Hemira, a humble priestess from a provincial Delta town, and Naunakht, whose will reveals the trials and tribulations of family life Commoners and foreigners such as the irascible farmer Hekanakht, the serial criminal Paneb, and Urhiya, the mercenary who rose to the rank of general in the Egyptian army. Lives of the Ancient Egyptians offers remarkable insights into the history and culture of the Nile Valley and very personal glimpses of a vanished world. Note: The ebook edition includes the complete text of the printed book without illustrations
Author | : Geordie Greig |
Publisher | : Open Road Media |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 2014-04-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1497629012 |
“A treasure trove that throws new and entertaining light” on the friendship between the WWII-era king and the man who inspired The King’s Speech (The Times, London). Louis Greig, a war hero and rugby international, entered the privileged world of the British royal family as mentor, physician, and friend to a young and hesitant Prince Albert, the man who became King George VI and whose challenges were so vividly brought to life in the award-winning film The King’s Speech. Greig’s influence helped to guide the prince from a stammering, shy schoolboy to become one of the most respected constitutional monarchs, seeing the nation through the Second World War and bringing the monarchy closer to the people. Geordie Greig, grandson of Louis Greig, has drawn on private family papers and public archives to reveal an intimate friendship that lasted almost half a century.
Author | : Library of Congress |
Publisher | : Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service |
Total Pages | : 1368 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Genealogy |
ISBN | : |
The bibliographic holdings of family histories at the Library of Congress. Entries are arranged alphabetically of the works of those involved in Genealogy and also items available through the Library of Congress.
Author | : Philip Eade |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 378 |
Release | : 2011-11-08 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0805095446 |
Chronicles the first thirty years of Prince Philip's life from his childhood in Greece, France, Nazi Germany, and Britain to his marriage to Queen Elizabeth.