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1) Michelangelo
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Language
English
Description
Among the supreme figures in the history of European art, Michelangelo (1475-1564) has held a unique place for nearly five hundred years. His works still inspire awe and admiration in the countless visitors to Rome and Florence. The present book opens with an eloquent and informative essay, in which E. H. Ramsden gives a concise account of how Michelangelo wrestled with the commissions thrust upon him by exacting and impatient patrons and how his...
6) Da Cimabue a Morandi: Saggi di storia della pittura italiana scelti e ordinati da Gianfranco Contini
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Series
Publisher
A. Mondadori
Pub. Date
1973.
Language
Italiano
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English
Description
Told with consummate skill by the writer of the bestselling, award-winning A Civil Action, The Lost Painting is a remarkable synthesis of history and detective story.
An Italian village on a hilltop near the Adriatic coast, a decaying palazzo facing the sea, and in the basement, cobwebbed and dusty, lit by a single bulb, an archive unknown to scholars. Here, a young graduate student from Rome, Francesca...
An Italian village on a hilltop near the Adriatic coast, a decaying palazzo facing the sea, and in the basement, cobwebbed and dusty, lit by a single bulb, an archive unknown to scholars. Here, a young graduate student from Rome, Francesca...