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2) da Vinci
Author
Pub. Date
1989
Lexile measure
930L
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Traces the life of the Renaissance artist and analyses some of his paintings.
Author
Language
English
Description
A decaying palazzo on a hilltop near the Adriatic coast, and in the basement, cobwebbed and dusty, an archive unknown to scholars. Here, a young graduate student from Rome makes a discovery that inspires a search for a painting lost for almost two centuries. The artist was Caravaggio, a revolutionary painter beset by personal demons. Four hundred years ago, he drank and brawled in the taverns and streets of Rome, in and out of jail, all the while...
9) Michelangelo
Author
Pub. Date
1991
Lexile measure
930L
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the life of the Italian Renaissance artist and examines some of his paintings and sculptures.
10) Italian painting
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1939
Physical Desc
26 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
373 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1508, despite strong advice to the contrary, the powerful Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the newly restored Sistine Chapel. With little experience as a painter (though famed for his sculpture David), Michelangelo was reluctant to begin the massive project.Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling recounts the four extraordinary years Michelangelo spent laboring over the vast ceiling while the power politics and personal...
Author
Series
Pelican history of art volume PZ35
Pub. Date
1975
Edition
1st (rev.) ed.
Physical Desc
759 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English