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In 1495, Leonardo da Vinci began what would become one of history's most influential works of art-The Last Supper. After a decade at the court of Lodovico Sforza, the duke of Milan, Leonardo was at a low point: at forty-three, he had failed, despite a number of prestigious commissions, to complete anything that truly fulfilled his astonishing promise. His latest failure was a giant bronze horse to honor Sforza's father, made with material expr...

Tells the complete story of Leonardo da Vinci's mural "The Last Supper", which he undertook in 1496. Examines its creation, including the adversities suffered by the artists during its execution, and the models used for Christ and the Apostles. Also looks at the great painting's legacy.

The author of "The Prince"--his controversial handbook on power, which is one of the most influential books ever written--NiccolO Machiavelli (1469-1527) was no prince himself. Born to an established middle-class family, Machiavelli worked as a courtier and diplomat for the Republic of Florence and enjoyed some small fame in his time as the author of bawdy plays and poems. In this discerning new biography, Ross King rescues Machiavelli's legac...

This is the most comprehensive book on the paintings and frescoes of Florence ever undertaken, with more than 2, 000 beautifully reproduced artworks from the city's great museums and churches-produced in the same manner as BD&L, 's The Louvre and The Vatican.

Claude Monet's water lily paintings are legendary, in museums all over the world and among our most beloved works of art. Yet ironically, these soothing images were created amid terrible personal turmoil and sadness. Monet had lost his wife and son, and as he painted he faced the loss of his eyesight and the horrors and sufferings of the Great War. The extraordinarily dramatic history behind the creation of these paintings is little-known, Ros...

bTitle:/b The Aboriginal Tribes of the Nilgiri Hills ... A paper read before the Anthropological Society of London, etc.br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, pri...

Published in 1853, this book recounts the personal experience of a lieutenant fighting in the Xhosa wars in South Africa.

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bTitle:/b Campaigning in Kaffirland or, Scenes and adventures in the Kaffir War of1851-2.br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collecti...

bTitle:/b The Sportsman and Naturalist in Canada, or notes on the Natural History of the Game, Game Birds, and Fish of that Country ... Illustrated with coloured plates and woodcuts.br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, jour...

From classical to abstract to iconic, Lyle Sopel's sublime repertoire of original gemstone sculptures is featured for the first time in one volume of over 180 pages of breathtaking images. Both eclectic and prolific in his approach to his subject matter, Lyle Sopel is internationally recognized for his ability to capture the essence of nature and human form and mythology with his sculptures. His one-of-a-kind works of art dance with life and a...

Na De koepel van Brunelleschi, over de Dom in Florence, en De hemel van de paus, over Michelangelo's meesterwerk in de Sixtijnse Kapel, buigt Ross King zich nu over Het Laatste Avondmaal in het klooster Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milaan. Dit wereldberoemde schilderij van Leonardo da Vinci wordt door miljoenen bewonderd en is door talloze kunsthistorici geanalyseerd. King vertelt het verhaal van de ontstaansgeschiedenis van dit schilderij, waa...

This book examines non-adversarial theories of justice and practices in Australia and overseas and their implications for legal practice, the legal profession and legal education.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This w...

Excerpt from A Genealogy and History Relating to the Halsted and Ogden Families: From the Norman Period to the Present Time, With an Appendix However, having ascertained the origin of the family, and traced the relationship from our American ancestors, and which for convenience terminates in herself, others so related, and so disposed, can supply the omissions, and readily continue their own immediate family record. About the Publisher Forg...

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Continuing Korean' is the second volume in Ross King and Jaehoon Yeon's popular series of college-level Korean textbooks. This volume is aimed at the student with one year of Korean language study under their belt, and particularly the student who has mastered the patterns and vocabulary introduced in King and Yeon's Elementary Korean, the first book in this series. Each of the fifteen chapters in Continuing Korean introduces new language in c...

Accompanied by MP3 Audio CD entitled: Elementary Korean.

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In 1863, the French painter Ernest Meissonier was one of the most famous artists in the world and the darling of the 'Salon' - that all important public art exhibition held biannually in Paris.