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Set against the backdrop of Hollywood, this gritty thriller unveils the dark underbelly of fame and fortune. With a mix of glamour and suspense, it promises to be a captivating page-turner that exposes the secrets and scandals of Tinseltown. Co-authored by Shari Low and Ross King, this upcoming release is poised to deliver an exhilarating reading experience filled with intrigue and excitement.

Machiavelli gilt als faszinierendster und einflussreichster Denker der italienischen Renaissance. Sein Hauptwerk »Il Principe – Der Fürst« verfasste er um 1513, und es wird noch heute als Brevier der rücksichtslosen Machtpolitik gelesen. Doch wer war Machiavelli wirklich? Ross King entwirft ein differenziertes Bild dieses ersten Realpolitikers der europäischen Geschichte und seiner Heimatstadt Florenz unter den mächtigen Medici. Ausstattung: 12 s/w-Abbildungen

A gripping story of ancient wisdom, new technology and 'the king of the world's booksellers', set in Renaissance Florence 'A marvel of storytelling and a masterclass in the history of the book' WALL STREET JOURNAL The Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful frescoes and elegant buildings - the dazzling handiwork of the city's artists and architects. But equally important were geniuses of another kind- Florence's manuscript hunters, scribes, scholars and booksellers. At a time where all books were made by hand, these people helped imagine a new and enlightened world.

Knihy, jak je známe dnes, vznikly až v době renesance. Nahradily krasopisně psané iluminované pergameny, které se prodávaly v krámcích připomínajících papírnictví. Jak k této revoluci došlo, vypráví autor na příběhu slavného knihkupce Vespasiana da Bisticciho. K práci v knihkupectví v takzvané knihkupecké ulici se Vespasiano dostal už jako malý chlapec, když musel kvůli dluhům svého otce skončit se školou. V následujících letech se vypracoval na krále evropských knihkupců, který tvořil na objednávku knížat i samotného papeže jedinečné rukopisy. Kromě toho také objevoval a popularizoval zapomenuté antické texty. To vše také díky tomu, že obyvatelé tehdejší Itálie rádi četli. V renesanční Florencii to uměl každý sedmý člověk, dokonce i ženy a dívky, což bylo mnohonásobně víc než v jiných evropských městech. Autor podrobně a věrohodně popisuje Florencii 15. století, každodennost v knihkupecké ulici a samotném knihkupectví, ale také milovníky knih, filosofy, učence i jeptišky, které byly prvními sazečkami. To vše na pozadí historických a politických zvratů, které renesanci a vznik knihtisku doprovázely.

Mad Enchantment tells the full story behind the creation of the Water Lilies, as the horrors of World War I came ever closer to Paris and Giverny, and a new generation of younger artists, led by Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso, were challenging the achievements of Impressionism. By early 1914, French newspapers were reporting that Monet, by then 73 and one of the world's wealthiest, most celebrated painters, had retired his brushes. He had lost his beloved wife, Alice, and his eldest son, Jean. His famously acute vision--what Paul Cezanne called "the most prodigious eye in the history of painting"--Was threatened by cataracts. And yet, despite ill health, self-doubt, and advancing age, Monet began painting again on a more ambitious scale than ever before. Linking great artistic achievement to the personal and historical dramas unfolding around it, Ross King presents the most intimate and revealing portrait of an iconic figure in world culture--from his lavish lifestyle and tempestuous personality to his close friendship with the fiery war leader Georges Clemenceau, who regarded the Water Lilies as one of the highest expressions of the human spirit

Über Jahrhunderte hinweg beherbergte Florenz die größten und kreativsten Köpfe der europäischen Kunstwelt, deren brillante Schöpfungen bis heute Millionen von Besuchern anlocken. So gleicht die ganze Stadt einem riesigen Museum. An jeder Ecke stößt man auf Werke großer Meister: von Giotto und Masaccio über Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo und Botticelli bis hin zu Caravaggio und Tizian. Auf über 700 Seiten versammelt dieser umfangreiche Prachtband 2000 Gemälde und Fresken aus mehr als dreißig Florentiner Museen und Kirchen. Den Abbildungen sind kurze Bildlegenden beigestellt, wobei 250 der bedeutendsten Werke durch Beschreibungen der Kunsthistorikerin Anja Grebe näher beleuchtet werden. Ergänzend führt Ross King in sieben spannenden Essays durch die turbulente Florentiner Kunstgeschichte. Eine Reise durch die Seiten von ›Florenz. Die Gemälde und Fresken‹ öffnet dem Leser die Pforten der Uffizien, des Doms, des Palazzo Pitti und zahlreicher anderer Bauten der Stadt. - Jährlich mehr als eine Million Besucher in der Kunstmetropole - Erstmalig in einem Band: die 2000 bedeutendsten Florentiner Gemälde und Fresken - Im Schmuckschuber, mit Klapptafeln

New York Times bestseller A magnificent, never-before-published collection of every painting and fresco on display in the Uffizi, the Galleria Palatina of the Pitti Palace, the Accademia, and the Duomo, and more -- nearly 2,000 works of art -- all presented in a beautiful slipcased package. This stunning book provides a comprehensive look at the masterpieces housed in the Renaissance art capital of the world including the art of Giotto, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Ghirlandaio, Correggio, Botticelli, Caravaggio, Titian, Rembrandt, van Dyck, El Greco, and hundreds more. Ross King, bestselling author of Brunelleschi's Dome and Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling, explores the history of art in Florence through seven introductory essays connecting the paintings, politics, the every day life of Florentines and how they influenced each other. Art historian Anja Grebe (author of The Louvre and The Vatican), highlights two hundred and fifty of the most iconic and significant paintings and frescoes around the historic city. This stunning showcase of the art capital of the world also includes two removable posters of Florence -- one from the Renaissance and one from the present day.

Foreword by Ross King, New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Governor General’s Award. There can be few places in the world where the visual impact of the landscape is as hauntingly captivating as the Badlands of the Northern Great Plains. Encompassing Alberta, Saskatchewan, North Dakota and Montana, these amazing regions contain some of the most surreal and magical terrain you can imagine. Renowned photographer and painter Ken Dalgarno first visited Dinosaur Provincial Park in Alberta “more or less out of curiosity,” he writes. “But I was instantly struck by the mystical hoodoos, spires, and other mesmerizing geological wonders. It felt like I was walking amongst a geography of metaphors, or perhaps entering an archives where stories have been exiled.” “A treasure trove for dinosaur fossils and First Nations history, the Badlands,” Ken continues, “are certainly a place where the past has invaded the present. Like finding a great writer, I wanted to read more. The result of my explorations is this photographic survey of the Badlands of the Northern Great Plains.” Covering eleven different Badland regions across Saskatchewan, Alberta, North Dakota and Montana, this book provides a living photographic portrait of some of the most intriguing and least understood places on Earth – North America’s mysterious Badlands.

Das berühmteste Gemälde der Welt und seine Geschichte Jeder kennt „Das Letzte Abendmahl“ von Leonardo da Vinci. Doch kaum jemand kennt die Geschichte dieses legendenumwobenen Meisterwerks. Der große Kenner der italienischen Renaissance Ross King erzählt nicht nur alles über Leonardos Wandgemälde aus Santa Maria delle Grazie in Mailand. Er porträtiert zugleich den Künstler und seine für die europäische Kunstgeschichte so bedeutende Zeit.

This comprehensive introductory Korean textbook and language learning package is designed for beginning learners, making it suitable for first-year university courses or independent study. No prior knowledge of Korean is required. The new edition features a user-friendly format with numerous illustrations, presenting vocabulary and grammar in an accessible way. Extensive conversations and exercises reinforce language skills and enhance reading and listening comprehension. The textbook offers detailed, non-technical grammar notes, ample writing exercises with an answer key, and authentic dialogue examples. Lessons are structured to build on one another, facilitating easy learning of the Korean alphabet, Hangul, enabling students to read and write authentic Korean quickly. With increasing enrollment in Korean courses at American universities, this textbook is a valuable resource. A companion workbook is also available, featuring ten activities per lesson to help practice and enhance conversational skills.

In 1495, Leonardo da Vinci began what would become one of history's most influential works of art-The Last Supper. After a decade at the court of Lodovico Sforza, the duke of Milan, Leonardo was at a low point: at forty-three, he had failed, despite a number of prestigious commissions, to complete anything that truly fulfilled his astonishing promise. His latest failure was a giant bronze horse to honor Sforza's father, made with material expropriated by the military. The commission to paint The Last Supper was a small compensation, and his odds of completing it weren't promising: he hadn't worked on such a large painting and had no experience in the standard mural medium of fresco. Amid war and the political and religious turmoil around him, and beset by his own insecurities and frustrations, Leonardo created the masterpiece that would forever define him. Ross King unveils dozens of stories that are embedded in the painting, and overturns many of the myths surrounding it. Bringing to life a fascinating period in European history, he presents an original portrait of one of history's greatest geniuses through the lens of his most famous work.

Eavesdrop on Leonardo's 'table talk' with Ross King, who reveals the playful and fanciful side of this polymathic genius. Bestselling author and scholar Ross King guides readers through the lesser-known aspects of Leonardo da Vinci, showcasing his bestiary, fables, jests, and riddles. This narrative offers a unique glimpse into Leonardo's imagination, or fantasia, within the context of his time, presenting a portrait that has remained largely hidden from all but the most diligent scholars. King's authority in Italian Renaissance art makes this original work a compelling read. The book features little-known writings of Leonardo, along with facsimiles of his drawings from the Royal Collection at Windsor. Each section is uniquely designed, embodying the essence of fantasia. Beautifully presented in Tuscan orange and sepia on rich cream paper, it boasts a hardcover with gold foil, Smythe-sewn binding, and a ribbon marker. Using acid-free, archival-quality paper, this special commission by Levenger Press is exclusively for Levenger customers and is printed in the USA.

Machiavelli und seine Zeit, seine Ideen, sein Leben - vom Meister der erzählenden Biographie Niccolò Machiavelli liebte das Leben, machte sich wenig Illusionen über die Natur des Menschen und verfolgte konsequent die Interessen seiner Heimatstadt Florenz. Ross King entwirft ein differenziertes Bild dieses ersten Realpolitikers der europäischen Geschichte. Machiavelli gilt als faszinierendster und einflussreichster Denker der italienischen Renaissance. Er steht im Ruf, ein besessener Machtmensch gewesen zu sein. Sein Hauptwerk 'Il Principe' (Der Fürst) wird noch heute als Brevier der rücksichtslosen Machtpolitik gelesen. Doch wer war Machiavelli wirklich? Ross King zeigt uns einen Menschen, der das Leben liebte und in vollen Zügen genoss, der egozentrisch war und gelegentlich herablassend selbst gegenüber seinen politischen Auftraggebern aus der Signoria von Florenz. Er hatte mächtige Widersacher, die jedoch seiner scharfen Intelligenz, seinem Selbstbewusstsein und seiner spitzen Zunge selten gewachsen waren. Sein Urteilsvermögen ließ sich nicht trügen, und er machte sich keine Illusionen über die Moral der Menschen. Ross King führt den Leser hinein in das vibrierende Umfeld, aus dem Machiavellis Ideen erwuchsen. So wird die tiefe Humanität eines der brillantesten politischen Denker der europäischen Geistesgeschichte begreifbar.

Von Moden und Moral, von Bohème und biederen BürgernIn der Manier eines Romanciers und mit dem Scharfsinn eines Historikers bringt uns Ross King („Michelangelo und die Fresken des Papstes“) die großen französischen Maler des 19. Jahrhunderts nahe. Einst als „Impressionisten“ geschmäht, gehören sie heute zu den wichtigsten Künstlern der Moderne, ihre Werke erzielen Rekordsummen auf Auktionen. Ross King erzählt anschaulich von ihren Kämpfen, ihren Niederlagen und späten Triumphen und malt das facettenreiche Gesellschaftsbild einer Zeit im Umbruch. Mit farbigem Bildteil und zahlreichen sw-Abbildungen.

In 1508, Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The thirty-three-year-old Michelangelo had very little experience of the physically and technically taxing art of fresco; and, at twelve thousand square feet, the ceiling represented one of the largest such projects ever attempted. Nevertheless, for the next four years he and a handpicked team of assistants laboured over the vast ceiling, making thousands of drawings and spending backbreaking hours on a scaffolding fifty feet about the floor. The result was one of the greatest masterpieces of all time.This fascinating book tells the story of those four extraordinary years and paints a magnificent picture of day-to-day life on the Sistine scaffolding — and outside, in the upheaval of early sixteenth-century Rome.

Brunelleschi's Dome is the story of how a Renaissance man bent men, materials, and the very forces of nature to build an architectural wonder. Not a master mason or carpenter, Filippo Brunelleschi was a goldsmith and clock maker. Over twenty-eight years, he would dedicate himself to solving puzzles of the dome's construction. In the process, he did nothing less than reinvent the field of architecture. He engineered the perfect placement of brick and stone (some among the most renowned machines of the Renaissance) to carry an estimated seventy million pounds hundreds of feet into the air, and designed the workers' platforms and routines so carefully that only one man died during the decades of construction. This drama was played out amid plagues, wars, political feuds, and the intellectual ferments of Renaissance Florence - events Ross King weaves into a story to great effect. An American Library Association Best Book of the Year Boston Globe: "An absorbing tale." Los Angeles Times: "Ross King has a knack for explaining complicated processes in a manner that is not only lucid but downright intriguing... Fascinating."

A cryptic summons to a remote country house launches Isaac Inchbold, a London bookseller and antiquarian, on an odyssey through seventeenth-century Europe. Charged with the task of restoring a magnificent library destroyed by the war, Inchbold moves between Prague and the Tower Bridge in London, his fortunes-- and his life--hanging on his ability to recover a missing manuscript. Yet the lost volume is not what it seems, and his search is part of a treacherous game of underworld spies and smugglers, ciphers, and forgeries. Inchbold's adventure is compelling from beginning to end as Ross King vividly recreates the turmoil of Europe in the seventeenth century--the sacks of great cities; Raleigh's final voyage; the quest for occult knowledge; and a watery escape from three mysterious horsemen. A Book Sense 76 pick

Im 18. Jahrhundert in London und Venedig spielende Geschichte, in deren Mittelpunkt eine geheimnisvolle Frau, ein Kastrat aus Händels Operntruppe und ein Maler stehen.