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Medici ~ Legacy by Matteo Strukul; Richard McKenna (Translator)
Category: Fiction | Series: Masters of Florence Ser.
The third instalment in a prize-winning series charting the rise of the House of Medici as they become Masters of Florence and progenitors of the Renaissance. Fontainebleau, 1536. Francis II, Dauphin and heir to the French throne, is dead. Poisoned. And the royal court believe Catherine de' Medici to b ...Show more
Medici : Supremacy by Richard Matteo: McKenna Strukul
Category: Fiction | Series: Masters of Florence Ser.
Winner of the Premio Bancarella, 2017 The second instalment in a prize-winning series charting the rise of the House of Medici as they become Masters of Florence and progenitors of the Renaissance. Florence, 1469. The Medici family is preparing for the marriage of its son and heir Lorenzo. His heart ...Show more
Medici Supremacy (#2 Masters of Florence) by Matteo Strukul
Category: Fiction | Series: Masters of Florence Ser.
Monet: Masters of Art by Simona Bartolena
Category: Art | Series: Masters of Art Ser.
Monet's dazzling depictions of flowers, sunsets, fields, and oceans, in which line and shape are suggested through pure colour, changed the way we perceive our natural surroundings. His numerous series, in which he depicts the same object at varying times of the day and in different seasons, pushed the ...Show more
Pablo Picasso: Masters of Art by Rosalind Ormiston
Category: Art | Series: Masters of Art Ser.
Discover the motifs, masterpieces, and driving forces behind the artist Pablo Picasso. Picasso was arguably the most influential artist of the 20th century. Over the course of a career that spanned seven decades--and included thousands of paintings, sculptures, ceramics, drawings, prints, and tapest ...Show more
Pedro Almodovar: Masters of Cinema Series by Thomas Sotinel
Category: Performing Arts | Series: Masters of Cinema Ser.
Pedro Almodovar (Spain, b. 1951) single-handedly represents the revival of Spanish cinema as part of the cultural flowering of the Movida Madrilena in the 1980s. New York was first to hail the unbridled imagination of this provocative director, whose films are filled with transsexuals, neurotics ("Women ...Show more
Rubens - Masters of Art by Michael Robinson
Category: Art | Series: Masters of Art Ser.
Arguably the greatest artist of the Baroque period, Peter Paul Rubens was an accomplished painter and draftsman, as well as a valued diplomat. This accessible examination of his life and work looks at every aspect of Rubens's oeuvre; from his commissioned portraits of royalty and the nobility to his mag ...Show more
Steven Spielberg: Masters of Cinema Series by Clelia Cohen
Category: Art | Series: Masters of Cinema Series
Steven Spielberg (USA, born 1946) was the boy wonder of the new Hollywood of the 1970s. Taking Orson Welles as his model, he made Duel aged only 25, following it up with a string of successes that brought him the adulation of the studios. As a fan of special effects, and entirely attuned to the shift to ...Show more
The Impressionists by Gabriella Di Cagno
Category: No Category | Series: Masters of Art Ser.
Tim Burton: Masters of Cinema Series by Aurelien Ferenczi
Category: Performing Arts | Series: Masters of Cinema Series
Tim Burton (USA, b. 1958) is the youngest of Hollywood's most successful directors. He has the knack of making films with a very broad appeal, taking the silliness out of the representation of children, while remaining in touch with the child within himself and his audiences. Burton emerged as a directo ...Show more
Tumblers of Rolan by Michael B. Fletcher
Category: Sci-Fi & Fantasy Fiction | Series: Masters of Scent Ser.
An uneasy peace follows the devastating civil war in Ean which ousted the vicious Sutanite ruler, Jakus. But the deposed leader heads an invasion force to seek revenge and to obtain supplies of a scent-enhancing crystal held in the peaceful neighbouring country of Rolan, that will intensify his powers. ...Show more
Turner: Masters of Art by Gabriele Crepaldi
Category: Art | Series: Masters of Art Ser.
Perhaps the best-loved English romantic painter, Turner became known as the painter of light.A" The use of brilliant watercolour characterizes his numerous landscapes. Travelling throughout Europe, Turner captured the vitality of urban and pastoral scenes. As he developed his technique, his paintings to ...Show more