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English
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In this book the author transports readers to the dawn of the Renaissance and chronicles the life of an intrepid book lover who rescued the Roman philosophical text On the Nature of Things from certain oblivion. In this work he has crafted both a work of history and a story of discovery, in which one manuscript, plucked from a thousand years of neglect, changed the course of human thought and made possible the world as we know it. Nearly six hundred...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
Description
From the Publisher: In the latest installment of The Vampire Chronicles, Anne Rice summons up dazzling worlds to bring us the story of Armand-eternally young, with the face of a Botticelli angel. Armand, who first appeared in all his dark glory more than twenty years ago in the now-classic Interview with the Vampire, the first of The Vampire Chronicles, the novel that established its author worldwide as a magnificent storyteller and creator of magical...
3) Renaissance
Author
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 11 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Provides background information on major works of Renaissance art, the artists who produced them, and the times in which they were created.
Text and photographs interweave biography and social history to provide an understanding of the historical setting of the Renaissance artists.
5) Renaissance
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
A history of Renaissance art, placing the time in its historical and political context and arguing that the Renaissance grew out of the achievements of the medieval period.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries was a period of unsurpassed splendor in the history of art. this extraordinary era saw the revival of interest in classical culture and philosophical attitudes, as well as new technical advances in oil painting, architecture and sculpture. It was the age of great artistic geniuses such as Masaccio, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Van Eyck, Durer and Titian. This book takes the reader on a fascinating journey...
8) Renaissance
Author
Series
Publisher
Time, inc
Pub. Date
[1965]
Language
English
Description
A lavishly illustrated discussion of the events, ideas, artists and other major personalities of the Renaissance period in Italy.
Author
Language
English
Description
"One of the most acclaimed artists of the Harlem Renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston was a gifted novelist, playwright, and essayist. Drawn from three decades of her work, this anthology showcases her development as a writer, from her early pieces expounding on the beauty and precision of African American art to some of her final published works, covering the sensational trial of Ruby McCollum, a wealthy Black woman convicted in 1952 for killing a white...
Author
Series
Publisher
Nomad Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Description
Who were the artists of the Renaissance? Why do we still learn from Renaissance art? Using an inquiry-based approach, readers are introduced to the Italian Renaissance as it was experienced by five of the world's most renowned artists: Sandro Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Titian. Readers will learn about the biographies of these Renaissance artists through the perspective of three to four major works of art that not only...
