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In a studiolo behind a church, six women gather to perform an act that is restorative, powerful, and illegal. They paint.Under the tutelage of Leonardo da Vinci, the six show talent and drive equal to that of any man, but in Renaissance Florence they must hide their skills, or risk the scorn of the city. A commission to paint a fresco in Santo Spirito is announced and Florence's countless artists each seek the fame and glory this lucrative job will provide.Viviana, a noblewoman freed from a terrible marriage and now free to pursue her artistic passions in secret, sees a potential life-altering opportunity for herself and her fellow female artists. The women first speak to Lorenzo de' Medici himself, and finally, submit a bid for the right to paint it.But the church will not stand for women painting, especially not in a house of worship. The city is not ready to consider women in positions of power, and in Florence, artists wield tremendous power. Even the women themselves are hesitant; the attention they bring upon themselves will disrupt their families, and put them in danger. All the while, Viviana grows closer to Sansone, her soldier lover, who is bringing her joy that she never knew with her deceased husband.Power and passion collide in Donna Russo Morin's 'The Competition', a sumptuous historical novel of shattering limitations, one brushstroke at a time.

THE TOP 30 HISTORICAL PEOPLE OF THE RENAISSANCE & REFORMATION! While this book is meant to supplement our older-student Color Thru History book, it can stand alone as an early introduction to these great historical figures.

An accessible biography of the celebrated early Netherlandish painter, now in paperback. In his lifetime the early Netherlandish painter Hieronymus Bosch was famous for his phantasmagoric images, and today his name is synonymous with the infernal. The creator of expansive tableaus of fantastic and hellish scenes--where any devil not dancing is too busy eating human souls--he has been as equally misunderstood by history as his paintings have. In this book, Nils Büttner draws on a wealth of historical documents--not to mention Bosch's paintings--to offer a fresh and insightful look at one of history's most peculiar artists on the five-hundredth anniversary of his death. Bosch's paintings have elicited a number of responses over the centuries. Some have tried to explain them as alchemical symbolism, others as coded messages of a secret cult, and still others have tried to psychoanalyze them. Some have placed Bosch among the Adamites, others among the Cathars, and others among the Brethren of the Free Spirit, seeing in his paintings an occult life of free love, strange rituals, mysterious drugs, and witchcraft. As Büttner shows, Bosch was--if anything--a hardworking painter, commissioned by aristocrats and courtesans, as all painters of his time were. Analyzing his life and paintings against the backdrop of contemporary Dutch culture and society, Büttner offers one of the clearest biographical sketches to date alongside beautiful reproductions of some of Bosch's most important work. The result is a smart but accessible introduction to a unique artist whose work transcends genre.

An investigation of representations and ideals of manhood in the courts of fifteenth-century Italy.

A collection of reproduced images from the Kennicott Bible, a remarkable artifact from the Middle Ages. The Kennicott Bible is one of the most celebrated Hebrew Bibles that survives today, having delighted readers since its creation in 1476. Originating from La Coruña in northern Spain, it features lavish carpet pages, gold leaf silhouettes, and abundant marginal decorations. This extraordinary manuscript is a treasure trove of history, culture, devotion, art, and cross-cultural collaboration. This book features reproductions of the decorated pages of the stunning manuscript, accompanied by four chapters authored by experts in the fields of Bible study, book history, and medieval Jewish art. These experts discuss the Bible from several perspectives, explaining the Hebrew text of the Bible, the scribe who created the pages, the layout and paleography, and the illuminator who produced the Bible's decoration and its imagery. This volume also includes an analysis of the early medieval commentary on the Old Testament, the Masorah. Richly illustrated throughout, this beautiful book makes a treasure of Jewish art available for a new audience, alongside the latest scholarship on its origins, provenance, and creation.

"A full translation of Camillo Leonardi's Speculum Lapidum, with an introduction and annotations. Examines the role that medical astrology and astral magic played in the life of an Italian court in the early modern period"--

What defense is there to superstition? It's 1582, a time when books are banned, and witches live next door. Citizens of the European principality of Salm are free to pray the way they want. However, both Catholic and Protestant fanatics surrounding them believe theirs is the only truth. Everyone is a heretic to one side or the other. Martin, an accused seditionist, seeks safety in Salm, and he teaches Nicolas, the mayor's son, to read. Though Nicolas knows Martin's books are banned, he cannot resist them.Catherine Cathillon and her family live in isolation as her father's mistrust of the church prevents her from joining the community. A chance meeting with Nicolas changes everything. He reads to Catherine, and when she learns what life is like outside their farm, she begs him to teach her to read. But class differences force them to meet in secret. During the lessons, they fall in love, but their romance is exposed, and spurned lovers swear revenge. Lovelorn vengeance is one thing, but when one of the banned books is found in Nicolas's shop, Catherine realizes that her father was right. Their true enemy is the man charged with saving their souls, and he will stop at nothing to reinforce his position of power.Based on real people and events, genealogist Juliette Godot draws upon her own Renaissance-era family to bring you her award-winning debut novel From the Drop of Heaven.

In a dark age, full of intrigue and mysticism, one of the most decisive episodes in the history of the West will take place, in which for the first and only time a woman will be chosen to occupy the throne of the Vicar of Christ.

This book examines imagery of the eponymous character from La Celestina from the early sixteenth century until today.

Ariosto in the Machine Age reimagines reception theory through the modern afterlife of a Renaissance literary icon.

Windsor Castle in Berkshire England was started by William the Conqueror in the 11th century. It has been used by the reigning monarch and is the longest-occupied palace in Europe. Originally designed to project Norman dominance around the outskirts of London and oversee a strategically important part of the River Thames, Windsor Castle was built with three wards surrounding a central mound. Windsor Castle grounds cover 13 acres (52,609 square metres) and combines the features of a fortification, a palace, and a small town. Consisting of Upper, Middle and Lower Wards, State Apartments, Parks and Gardens, Windsor Castle has undergone many changes through the centuries and remains one of the world's most-visited sites.

Cellinum è un resoconto storico delle vicende che hanno interessato l'odierna Cellino Attanasio, piccolo paese in provincia di Teramo, dalle sue origini risalenti all'età del bronzo, all'unità d'Italia.Parallelamente alla storia di Cellino, in questo saggio vengono narrate le vicissitudini di alcune delle famiglie nobili più importanti nella storia del paese, tra le quali: gli Acquaviva, i Gaudiosi, i De Sterlich.La famiglia Acquaviva D'Aragona, in particolare, ha tenuto sotto il proprio dominio la piccola roccaforte abruzzese quasi ininterrottamente per quattrocento anni, dal tardo milletrecento, fino alla prima metà del diciottesimo secolo.

Naturphänomene wie die vier Jahreszeiten sind seit jeher Teil der menschlichen Erfahrungswelt und treten im Zuge aktueller klimatischer Veränderungen verstärkt in das Bewusstsein. In der Kunst seit der Antike präsent, erlangt das Motiv im 18. und frühen 19. Jahrhundert den Höhepunkt seiner Beliebtheit. Zeitgleich vollzieht sich ein Wandel in der Auffassung und der Darstellungsweise. Die Publikation nimmt diese Prozesse der Revision und Loslösung von konventionellen Vorstellungen in den Blick und untersucht anhand ausgewählter Werkbeispiele von William Hogarth, Jean-Antoine Houdon, Caspar David Friedrich und Bertel Thorvaldsen den Wandel des Jahreszeitenbildes vor dem Hintergrund zunehmender Verwissenschaftlichung, veränderter Naturerfahrung und eines aufklärerischen Weltverständnisses. Erste monographische Untersuchung des Themas Pointierte Darstellung anhand vier ausgewählter Werkbeispiele Wissenschaftsgeschichtliche Einbettung Bezüge zu Aufklärungsforschung, Literatur-, Musik- und Naturwissenschaften

An arranged marriage that folks threatened would never last, becomes love when the fates intervene and Lord Sussex learns the true meaning of love. As they travel together into the New World, will the challenges of surviving life as they've never known it together against the odds prove too difficult or will they realize that love, respect and determination carry them through?

Inyo's Ring: A Spanish Armada sailor's quest for survival turns into an epic battle for love, freedom, and justice in this gripping reimagined legend of the Tudor era. The coast of Ireland, 1588: Aboard a lone galleon, part of what once was the mighty Armada, Inyo Fernández has barely survived weeks of starvation and harrowing sea battles, when his ship is far off course, heading straight into a catastrophic storm. In Ireland, the O'Malley chieftain's granddaughter, Finley, has only recently discovered how badly her world is broken. And now, she and the entire clan are about to be plunged into a desperate struggle against foreign domination. So much is already at stake, and hiding someone hunted by the English will endanger everyone's lives even more. Finley, however, is inexplicably drawn to the stranger and can't shake the feeling that she knows him. But how? Amid uncertain days, a spark ignites between Finley and Inyo, a growing flame that outshines the darkness around them. Yet both know that inevitable heartbreak looms because Inyo simply has to flee. When Finley's kin are ambushed and captured, facing the gallows, Inyo and Finley unexpectedly find themselves catapulted into untold dangers across the sea.

"The artistic and personal world of 16th-century Venice is beautifully evoked in Wright's kaleidoscopic novella... Wright's Tintoretto is a wonderfully convincing fictional creation, an inspired combination of brilliance and a contemplative kind of pessimism...particularly Venetian mordant humor filters throughout Wright's dialogue-rich book... Wright also does a first-rate job succinctly painting the tense international background in which Venice is threatened both by the Habsburgs in the north and the Ottomans in the east. The whole thing is fast-paced and entirely satisfying. Recommended." - Historical Novel Society. When a telescope arrives in Venice from the East, Jacopo Robusti, better known as the painter Tintoretto, is asked to examine and replicate it. In the winter of 1571 Cyprus has fallen. The Habsburgs press on the Venetian State from the north. War with the Ottoman Empire is coming to the seas.

Jo Graham's A Blackened Mirror is a riveting historical fantasy that chronicles the rise of Giulia Farnese, muse and seer, in the opulent Rome of the Borgias.

Rumors of insurrection in Renaissance Pisa spur Florentine authorities to send young lawyer Nico Argenti to investigate. He and his team uncover more than expected: smuggling, abduction, and murder.Renaissance Italy 1465: After six decades of domination by Florence, agitators in Pisa are taking action. They remember the past when Pisa was an independent State and they are impatient to regain that freedom. Rumors of an impending insurrection reach officials in Florence who dispatch Nico Argenti and his team to find and stop the troublemakers before they resort to violence.Nico and his colleagues conceal their identities as Florentine Security Commissioners to gain the confidence of Pisan loyalists. The ploy lets them unearth clues, some valuable and some red herrings, that point to the rebel leader, but it also sets Nico as a target. The hunt turns urgent when the rebels show their resolve by abducting the provincial governor. Nico's team intensify their efforts to discover the source of the rebels' weapons which, surprisingly, leads them back to Florence. In Florence's highest court, Nico uses his legal skills to bring the traitorous arms dealer to justice.Fast-paced Rebels in Pisa is the fifth book in the award winning Nico Argenti series. It may be read standalone.