Peter Bondanella Knihy

A biography of Federico Fellini that shows how his exuberant imagination has been shaped by popular culture, literature, and his encounter with the ideas of C G Jung, especially Jungian dream interpretation. It links his mature accomplishments to his first employment as a cartoonist, gagman, and sketch-artist during the Fascist era.

These biographies of the great quattrocento artists have long been considered among the most important of contemporary sources on Italian Renaissance art. Vasari, who invented the term "Renaissance," was the first to outline the influential theory of Renaissance art that traces a progression through Giotto, Brunelleschi, and finally the titanic figures of Michaelangelo, Da Vinci, and Raphael. This new translation, specially commisioned for the World's Classics series, contains thirty-six of the most important lives and is fully annotated.

Dekameron je soubor sta novel o lásce rozdělených po deseti na deset dní. Příběhy si vypráví deset mladých lidí, kteří utekli z města na venkov, aby se zachránili před morem, který vypukl ve Florencii roku 1348. Dekameron napsal Giovanni Boccacio v letech 1348 až 1353. V úvodu Dekameronu je rovněž jeden z nejvýznamnějších a nejpodrobnějších popisů moru ve středověku. Příběhy Dekameronu a jejich náměty ovlivnily řadu dalších uměleckých děl v podstatě ve všech oblastech umění.

The Art of War (Italian: Dell'arte della guerra) is a treatise by the Italian Renaissance political philosopher and historian Niccolo Machiavelli. The format of The Art of War is a socratic dialogue. The purpose, declared by Lord Fabrizio Colonna (perhaps Machiavelli's persona) at the outset, "To honor and reward virtu, not to have contempt for poverty, to esteem the modes and orders of military discipline, to constrain citizens to love one another, to live without factions, to esteem less the private than the public good." To these ends, Machiavelli notes in his preface, the military is like the roof of a palazzo protecting the contents. Written between 1519 and 1520 and published the following year, it was Machiavelli's only historical or political work printed during his lifetime, though he was appointed official historian of Florence in 1520 and entrusted with minor civil duties."

Klasický renesanční spis, jenž je považován za jedno z prvních a zároveň jedno z nejvýznamnějších politologických pojednání o moderním způsobu vládnutí. Čtivé dílo vzniklo v období restaurace vlády Medicejských na florentském dvoře r. 1513. Autorem, bývalým sekretářem ministerstva zahraničních věcí, je adresováno však již zesnulému Lorenzu Medicejskému. Hlavní osou dvaceti šesti kapitol jsou příklady z antických a římských dějin, pomocí nichž je postupně eklekticky obhajován osvícený vladař, řídící se zásadami logiky a zdravého rozumu. Spiskem rovněž prosvítají zárodky nacionalistických tendencí. V tomto překladu 4. vydání, v nakl. XYZ 1. vydání.

Packed with facts, attributions, and entertaining anecdotes about his contemporaries, Giorgio Vasari's collection of biographical accounts also presents a highly influential theory of the development of Renaissance art.Beginning with Cimabue and Giotto, who represent the infancy of art, Vasari considers the period of youthful vigour, shaped by Donatello, Brunelleschi, Ghiberti, and Masaccio, before discussing the mature period of perfection, dominated by the titanic figures of Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo.This specially commissioned translation contains thirty-six of the most important lives as well as an introduction and explanatory notes.About the Series:For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.