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Author | : Karen Essex |
Publisher | : Anchor |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2006-01-10 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0385517661 |
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Isabelle d’Este, daughter of the Duke of Ferrara, born into privilege and the political and artistic turbulence of Renaissance Italy, is a stunning black-eyed blond and an art lover and collector. Worldly and ambitious, she has never envied her less attractive sister, the spirited but naïve Beatrice, until, by a quirk of fate, Beatrice is betrothed to the future Duke of Milan. Although he is more than twice their age, openly lives with his mistress, and is reputedly trying to eliminate the current duke by nefarious means, Ludovico Sforza is Isabella’s match in intellect and passion for all things of beauty. Only he would allow her to fulfill her destiny: to reign over one of the world’s most powerful and enlightened realms and be immortalized in oil by the genius Leonardo da Vinci. Isabella vows that she will not rest until she wins her true fate, and the two sisters compete for supremacy in the illustrious courts of Europe. A haunting novel of rivalry, love, and betrayal that transports you back to Renaissance Italy, Leonardo’s Swans will have you dashing to the works of the great master—not for clues to a mystery but to contemplate the secrets of the human heart.
Author | : Karen Essex |
Publisher | : Random House Large Print Publishing |
Total Pages | : 638 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780739325780 |
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Born into wealth amid the political and artistic foment of the Italian Renaissance, worldly and ambitious Isabella and nacandrave Beatrice Este, sisters and rivals, compete for the attentions of Ludovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan--even though he marries Beatrice--and must choose between family loyalty and survival amid the treachery of a dangerous era.
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Release | : 2007 |
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ISBN | : 9780857573735 |
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Author | : François Quiviger |
Publisher | : Reaktion Books |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 2019-06-10 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1789141079 |
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This incisive and illuminating biography follows the three themes that shaped the life of Leonardo da Vinci and, through him, forever changed Western art and imagination: nature, art, and self-fashioning. Nature and art helped form Leonardo. He spent his first twelve years in the Tuscan countryside before entering the most reputed artistic workshop of Florence. There he blossomed as one of the most promising painters of his time and promptly applied his skills to explore and question the world through science and invention. Leonardo was also self-fashioned: he received only a basic education and grew up around peasants and artisans. But from the 1480s onwards, he transformed himself into a court artist and became a familiar of kings and rulers. Following the chronology of Leonardo’s extraordinary life, this book examines Leonardo as artist, courtier, and thinker, and explores how these aspects found expression in his paintings, as well as in his work in sculpture, architecture, theater design, urban planning, engineering, anatomy, geology, and cartography. François Quiviger concludes with observations on Leonardo’s relevance today as a model of the multidisciplinary artist who combines imagination, art, and science—the original, and ultimate, Renaissance Man.
Author | : Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 664 |
Release | : 1928 |
Genre | : English |
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Author | : Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky |
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Total Pages | : 452 |
Release | : 1906 |
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Author | : Bülent Atalay |
Publisher | : National Geographic Society |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
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Author | : Rachel Annand Taylor |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 644 |
Release | : 1928 |
Genre | : Art |
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Author | : Karen Essex |
Publisher | : Anchor |
Total Pages | : 466 |
Release | : 2008-06-17 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0385526709 |
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Stealing Athena is the story of two women, separated by centuries but united by their association with some of the world's greatest and most controversial works of art. Aspasia, a philosopher and courtesan to visionary politician Pericles during Athens's Golden Age, defies societal restrictions to become fiercely influential in Athens' power circle. Mary, the Countess of Elgin and a beautiful Scottish heiress, charms the fearsome men of the Ottoman Empire to make possible her husband's costly acquisitions, all the while brazenly defying the social conventions of her time. Both women prevail yet pay a heavy price for their rebellion. A tale of romance, intrigue, greed, and glory, Stealing Athena interweaves the lives of two of history's most beguiling heroines.