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1) Romanticism
Author
Series
Publisher
Creative
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
1300L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (80 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).
Language
English
Description
Examines the art movement known as Romanticism from its beginnings in the late 1700s to its decline in the mid-1800s. Introduces readers to great artists and their works.
Author
Series
Publisher
Creative Education
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
540L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (24 pages) : color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Explores the characteristics of the Romantic period of art history through example paintings. Discusses the role of color, nature, and emotion in Romantic art. Includes a glossary, index, and resources for further reading.
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
Full screen ver.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (186 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This series presents a unique and masterly survey of the greatest achievements in the history of art from the medieval era to the post-impressionist world. This authoritative and thought-provoking series employs powerful graphic images to entertain and inform the student and the art lover. The collection also features expert commentary and analyses from leading authorities, art historians and scholars, new location footage and re-creations.
Author
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
xvi, 171 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In The Roots of Romanticism, one of the twentieth century's most influential philosophers dissects and assesses a movement that changed the course of history. Brilliant, fresh, immediate, and eloquent, these celebrated Mellon Lectures are a bravura intellectual performance. Isaiah Berlin surveys the many attempts to define romanticism, distills its essence, traces its developments from its first stirrings to its apotheosis, and shows how it still...
6) The prince
Author
Lexile measure
1350L
Language
English
Description
The classic handbook of statecraft written by an Italian nobleman recommends guile and craftiness to attain and maintain political power.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 494 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"When did we begin to be as self-centered as we are today? At what point did we expect to have the right to determine our own lives? When did we first ask the question, How can I be free? It all began in a quiet university town in Germany in the 1790s, when a group of playwrights, poets, and writers put the self at center stage in their thinking, their writing, and their lives. This brilliant circle included the famous poets Goethe, Schiller, and...