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Brunelleschi's Dome by Ross King
37.00 NZD
Category: Business
The cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, with its great, terracotta-tiled cupola, still remains a power to astonish. Yet the elegance of the building belies the tremendous labour and technical ingenuity involved in its creation. This work tells the story of how the cupola was raised.
Florence: The Paintings & Frescoes, 1250-1743 by Ross King
99.99 NZD
Category: Fine Art
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThis is the most comprehensive book on the paintings and frescoes of Florence ever undertaken, with nearly 2,000 beautifully reproduced artworks from the city's great museums and churches-produced in the same manner as BD&L's The Louvre and The Vatican. Every painted work th ...Show more
Judgement of Paris by Ross King
59.99 NZD
64.99 (7% off)
Category: Fine Art
In 1863, the French painter, Ernest Meissonier was one of the most famous artists in the world. Manet, on the other hand, was struggling in obscurity. Taking the parallel careers of Meissonier and Manet, this book uses them as a lens for their times. It shows that their paintings was not just about Art, ...Show more
Leonardo and the Last Supper by Ross King
36.99 NZD
Category: History
While the Last Supper is an image familiar to everyone, the story of its execution is not. In Leonardo and the Last Supper, the best-selling author of Brunelleschi's Dome tells that extraordinary story. Milan, 1496 and forty-four-year-old Leonardo da Vinci has a reputation for taking on commissions and ...Show more
Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling by Ross King
27.99 NZD
29.99 (6% off)
Category: History
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 pro ...Show more
Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling by Ross King
59.95 NZD
Category: Fine Art | Reading Level: very good
From the acclaimed author of Brunelleschi's Domeand Leonardo and the Last Supper, the riveting story of how Michelangelo, against all odds, created the masterpiece that has ever since adorned the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.In 1508, despite strong advice to the contrary, the powerful Pope Julius II co ...Show more
The Bookseller of Florence: Vespasiano Da Bisticci and the Manuscripts That Illuminated the Renaissance by Ross King
40.00 NZD
Category: Art History
An exhilarating and untold account of a Florentine bookseller working at the frontiers of human knowledge, and the epochal shift from script to print that defined the Renaissance The Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful frescoes and elegant buildings - the dazzling handiwork of the city' ...Show more
The Bookseller of Florence: Vespasiano da Bisticci and the Manuscripts that Illuminated the Renaissance by Ross King
30.00 NZD
Category: History
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 JOURNALThe Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful frescoes and elegant buildings - th ...Show more
The Judgement of Paris : The Revolutionary Decade that gave the World Impressionism by Ross King
29.99 NZD
34.99 (14% off)
Category: History
In 1863, the French painter Ernest Meissonier was one of the most famous artists in the world. The darling of the 'Salon' - that all important public art exhibition held biannually in Paris - he painted historical subjects in meticulous detail and sold his works for astronomical sums to collectors who i ...Show more
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