Author | : Ragnhild Marie Hatton |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 315 |
Release | : 1976-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1349169811 |
Author | : Ragnhild Marie Hatton |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 315 |
Release | : 1976-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1349169811 |
Author | : Thomas Hobbes |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 2012-10-03 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 048612214X |
Written during a moment in English history when the political and social structures were in flux and open to interpretation, Leviathan played an essential role in the development of the modern world.
Author | : Henry Charles Lea |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 548 |
Release | : 1896 |
Genre | : Absolution |
ISBN | : |
Author | : James I (King of England) |
Publisher | : Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780969751267 |
Author | : Charissa Bremer-David |
Publisher | : Getty Publications |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 2015-12-15 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1606064614 |
Meticulously woven by hand with wool, silk, and gilt-metal thread, the tapestry collection of the Sun King, Louis XIV of France, represents the highest achievements of the art form. Intended to enhance the king’s reputation by visualizing his manifest glory and to promote the kingdom’s nascent mercantile economy, the royal collection of tapestries included antique and contemporary sets that followed the designs of the greatest artists of the Renaissance and Baroque periods, including Raphael, Giulio Romano, Rubens, Vouet, and Le Brun. Ranging in date from about 1540 to 1715 and coming from weaving workshops across northern Europe, these remarkable works portray scenes from the bible, history, and mythology. As treasured textiles, the works were traditionally displayed in the royal palaces when the court was in residence and in public on special occasions and feast days. They are still little known, even in France, as they are mostly reserved for the decoration of elite state residences and ministerial offices. This catalogue accompanies an exhibition of fourteen marvelous examples of the former royal collection that will be displayed exclusively at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center from December 15, 2015, to May 1, 2016. Lavishly illustrated, the volume presents for the first time in English the latest scholarship of the foremost authorities working in the field.
Author | : Marie-Thérèse Charlotte Angoulême (duchesse d') |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 1912 |
Genre | : France |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Max Beloff |
Publisher | : Legare Street Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022-10-27 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781015836716 |
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Author | : Jennifer Homans |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 640 |
Release | : 2010-11-02 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 0679603905 |
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, LOS ANGELES TIMES, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY For more than four hundred years, the art of ballet has stood at the center of Western civilization. Its traditions serve as a record of our past. Lavishly illustrated and beautifully told, Apollo’s Angels—the first cultural history of ballet ever written—is a groundbreaking work. From ballet’s origins in the Renaissance and the codification of its basic steps and positions under France’s Louis XIV (himself an avid dancer), the art form wound its way through the courts of Europe, from Paris and Milan to Vienna and St. Petersburg. In the twentieth century, émigré dancers taught their art to a generation in the United States and in Western Europe, setting off a new and radical transformation of dance. Jennifer Homans, a historian, critic, and former professional ballerina, wields a knowledge of dance born of dedicated practice. Her admiration and love for the ballet, as Entertainment Weekly notes, brings “a dancer’s grace and sure-footed agility to the page.”