Jewels of the Renaissance, Hardcover

Reducere. The Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful frescoes and elegant buildings--the dazzling handiwork of the city's skilled artists and a...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Dark Ages, then keep reading...Following the fall of Rome in 476 CE, the entire dynamic of E...

Reducere. Venice's Secret Service is the untold and arresting story of the world's earliest centrally-organised state intelligence service. Long before the i...

Reducere. An enticing history of food and drink in Western art and culture Eating and drinking can be aesthetic experiences as well as sensory ones. The Hung...

A Lake? A boat? An eagle and Otter? A bear eating smores by the campfire? Grandpa and Grandma? All things we see and experience going up north to g...

Reducere. Cura ao's historic plantation houses showcase unique architecture that resulted from the use of European, especially Dutch, building styles adapted...

Reducere. Relicarios--finely crafted, bi-faced lockets of gold or silver--are artifacts of the Spanish Colonial era. These exquisite jewels containing devoti...

When the crown jewels go missing from Buckingham Kennel, it's up to super-sleuth Sherlock Bones and his trusty sidekick Dr Catson to solve the crim...

DescriptionRomance, love, and courtship are as universal as the precious jewels they inspire, objects we bestow upon loved ones to express deep aff...

Reducere. Follow the adventures of Al and Owen, two boys who are mysteriously transported into a world of warring pirates! There is treasure to be found on C...

The Harlem Renaissance was the most influential single movement in African American literary history. The movement laid the groundwork for subseque...

Reducere. From Children's Literature Legacy Award-winning author Nikki Grimes comes a feminist-forward new collection of poetry celebrating the little-known ...

Yantra Yoga, the Buddhist parallel to the Hathayoga of the Hindu tradition, is a system of practice entailing bodily movements, breathing exercises...

DescriptionParisian jewelry designer Marie-H l ne de Taillac's first book offers a sumptuous journey into her colorful and vibrant world, from her ...

Reducere. Book One of the Gallaghers of Ardmore Trilogy In Gallagher's Pub, where the fire is burning low and the pints are waiting, #1 New York Times bestse...

A sublime compendium of drawings from the school of Renaissance virtuoso Gaudenzio FerrariThis book presents the 16th-century cartoons of Northern ...

The first comprehensive look at the origins and diffusion across Europe of the etched print during the late 15th and early 16th centuries The etchi...

Reducere. Together for the first time in one omnibus binding are all ten of the original Tarzan Novels that cemented Tarzan's name in the annals of heroic fi...

Reducere. THE LEGENDARY JEWELS OF NABOOTI ARE MISSINGWILL FINDING THEM HELP WORLD PEACE? OR COULD IT KILL YOU? Two huge diamonds and two priceless rubies hav...

DescriptionThe Italian sculptor known as Donatello helped to forge a new kind of art--one that came to define the Renaissance. His work was progres...

Reducere. The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (1860) is a work of art history by Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt. Recognized today as the founder o...

Reducere. Book 5 of the Tarzan Series - Special Edition Authorized by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., Featuring Rare and Previously Unpublished Archival Material...

DescriptionPainted in 1468, Saint Michael Triumphant over the Devil is the first documented work by Bartolom Bermejo (c. 1440-c. 1501), a 15th-cent...

DescriptionThis engaging book places Leonardo da Vinci's scientific achievements within the wider context of the rapid development that occurred du...

The Renaissance was not just a rebirth of the mind. It was also a new dawn for the machine.When we celebrate the achievements of the Renaissance, w...

Reducere. What could be more thrilling than solving a hundred-year crime? Ava and Carol enter a contest where the stakes are high. Find the famed Irish Crown...

DescriptionThis collection of newly commissioned essays explores the extraordinary versatility of Renaissance tragedy and shows how it enables expl...

The first comprehensive study of an important Italian Renaissance bronze-caster by a leading authority. A nucleus of sculptures cast by Andrea di A...

As England entered the Renaissance and as humanism, with its focus on classical literature and philosophy, informed the educational system, English...

Reducere. Sex sells...but buyer beware. Selling sex has never been more profitable-or more dangerous-for everyone on both sides of the screen. Jewels Jade sh...

Reducere. ****Included on the Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force's reading list for 2008 and the Royal Air Force's Centre for Air Power Studies 20...

Reducere. A comprehensive survey of the work of this most influential Florentine artist and teacher Andrea del Verrocchio (c. 1435-1488) was one of the most ...

Reducere. Federica Francesconi writes the history of the Jewish merchants who lived and prospered in the northern Italian city of Modena, capital city of the...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

An illustrated history of the Renaissance told through the lives of its most important patrons - the princely rulers of Italy's dynastic states.Pub...

An illustrated history of the Renaissance told through the lives of its most important patrons - the princely rulers of Italy's dynastic states.Ill...

Tells the history of the modest family which rose to become one of the most powerful in Europe. This title explores the intensely dramatic rise and...

Reducere. She can only stay as long as the invalid needs her... so he makes it his business to need her forever.When a cryptic invitation brings Giulia Peppe...

Available in English for the first time, Julius von Schlosser's seminal work in the history of art and collecting was the first study to interpret ...

DescriptionWhere previous accounts of the Renaissance have not fully acknowledged the role that music played in this decisive period of cultural hi...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Darrius Jerome GourdineJewels: The Story of the Founding of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity (Second Edition) This novel is based...

Reducere. DescriptionHow the far North offered a different kind of terra incognita for the Renaissance imagination.European narratives of the Atlantic New Wo...

Reducere. A fascinating history of the practice of surgery from one of the leading figures in the field, chronicling centuries of scientific breakthroughs by...

Reducere. DescriptionTrue health is not simply the absence of disease. It is a state of being in which the miraculous physical and mental forces that make us...

The Honours of Scotland tells the turbulent story of the Honours - Scotland's crown jewels - and the equally dramatic tale of the Stone of Destiny....

Popes continue to preach crusade, but the hope of a Christian empire comes to a bloody end at the walls of Constantinople. Aristotelian logic and G...

The darker side of digital technology use in the traditional creative industries is explored in this latest investigation from Scroogenomics: Why Y...

DescriptionPrincess Mini goes on a class trip with all of the other students at the Royal Fairy Academy in this third super-sweet Aladdin QUIX stor...

Reducere. Impossible Desire and the Limits of Knowledge in Renaissance Poetry examines the limits of embodiment, knowledge, and representation at a disregard...

DescriptionThe Italian Renaissance was preceded, structured, and, to a significant extent, determined by the Renaissance of the twelfth century whi...