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World eras volume 1
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English
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Examines aspects of the daily life and social history of Europe in the years between 1350 and 1600, looking at world events, geography, the arts, politics, leisure, religion, science, health, and other topics; and includes biographical profiles, a time line, documentary sources, and indexes.
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Domenikos Theotokopoulos, known to us as El Greco, was one of the seminal figures of the Spanish Golden Age. This volume, published to mark the four hundredth anniversary of the artist's death, features new photographs of recently cleaned and restored paintings, revealing hitherto unknown facets of his art. Born in Crete in 1541 under Venetian rule, raised in the iconographic traditions of Byzantine art, and acquainted with both Greek Orthodox and...
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"Being both costly and luxurious, bronze arguably carries the most significance of all the sculptural materials. In the Renaissance, the use of bronze embodied power, authority and eternity and emulated the classical past. Yet it was one of the easiest materials to recycle, especially when the need for artillery was often pressing. Nonetheless the Italian Renaissance was a golden age for the production of sculpture in bronze, such as Ghiberti's Gates...
1292) Leonardo da Vinci
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An animated introduction to the world's most famous Renaissance man, Leonardo Da Vinci: painter, mathematician, scientist, and engineer. Includes footage of his works.
1294) James Weldon Johnson
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Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 530
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Exhibition great art on screen volume Ex 04
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English
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A remarkable event occurred at London's National Gallery when the largest ever collection of Leonardo's surviving paintings was assembled for a unique exhibition Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan. Art historian and broadcaster Tim Marlow offers his insight into the great masterpieces and invites the opinions of the curators, restorers and other specially invited guests.
1298) Keisha discovers Harlem
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While trying to find a topic for her school assignment, Keisha visits Ellie's attic and discovers the excitement of the music and writing that flourished among African Americans in Harlem during the 1920s.
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