Encyclopedia of Italian Renaissance & Mannerist Art: Abacco to Lysippus
Encyclopedia of Italian Renaissance & Mannerist Art: Abacco to Lysippus

Author: Jane Turner

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 1192

ISBN-13:

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The two alphabetically arranged volumes cover all of the major artistic developments in Italy from c.1300 to c.1600, a period that marks the Renaissance of the humanistic spirit of classical antiquity. All three periods of the Renaissance are covered: early, high and late.

Music in the Art of Renaissance Italy, 1420-1540
Music in the Art of Renaissance Italy, 1420-1540

Author: Tim Shephard

Publisher: Harvey Miller

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781912554027

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The first detailed survey of the representation of music in the art of Renaissance Italy, opening up new vistas within the social and culture history of Italian music and art in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries.

An Urchin in the Storm: Essays about Books and Ideas
An Urchin in the Storm: Essays about Books and Ideas

Author: Stephen Jay Gould

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2010-11-29

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 0393340902

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"What pleasure to see the dishonest, the inept, and the misguided deftly given their due, while praise is lavished on the deserving—for reasons well and truly stated."—Kirkus Reviews Ranging as far as the fox and as deep as the hedgehog (the urchin of his title), Stephen Jay Gould expands on geology, biological determinism, "cardboard Darwinism," and evolutionary theory in this sparkling collection.

Finders, Keepers
Finders, Keepers

Author: Rosamond Wolff Purcell

Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 155

ISBN-13: 9780393030549

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A noted paleontologist provides the text for this photographic study of eight different collections--from a collection of human artifacts belonging to Peter the Great to Agassy's fish collection--exploring what collections say about collectors.

The Acharnians
The Acharnians

Author: Aristophanes

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-11-01

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 1625580681

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Writing at the time of political and social crisis in Athens, Aristophanes was an eloquent yet bawdy challenger to the demagogue and the sophist. The Achanians is a plea for peace set against the background of the long war with Sparta.