The Secret Language Of The Renaissance

Author : Richard Stemp
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781844833221
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Secret Language of the Renaissance written by Richard Stemp and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magnificently illustrated throughout, and with a six-color gold-foil cover, this remarkable book provides an all-encompassing survey of the literature, painting, sculpture, architecture, and decorative arts of the Renaissance.

Author : C. Levin
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230615732
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dreaming the English Renaissance written by C. Levin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-10-13 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dreaming the English Renaissance examines ideas about dreams, actual dreams people had and recorded, and the many ways dreams were used in the culture and politics of the Tutor/Stuart age in order to provide a window into the mental life and the most profound beliefs of people of the time.

Author : William H. Sherman
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812203445
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Used Books written by William H. Sherman and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2010-11-24 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a recent sale catalog, one bookseller apologized for the condition of a sixteenth-century volume as "rather soiled by use." When the book was displayed the next year, the exhibition catalogue described it as "well and piously used [with] marginal notations in an Elizabethan hand [that] bring to life an early and earnest owner"; and the book's buyer, for his part, considered it to be "enlivened by the marginal notes and comments." For this collector, as for an increasing number of cultural historians and historians of the book, a marked-up copy was more interesting than one in pristine condition. William H. Sherman recovers a culture that took the phrase "mark my words" quite literally. Books from the first two centuries of printing are full of marginalia and other signs of engagement and use, such as customized bindings, traces of food and drink, penmanship exercises, and doodles. These marks offer a vast archive of information about the lives of books and their place in the lives of their readers. Based on a survey of thousands of early printed books, Used Books describes what readers wrote in and around their books and what we can learn from these marks by using the tools of archaeologists as well as historians and literary critics. The chapters address the place of book-marking in schools and churches, the use of the "manicule" (the ubiquitous hand-with-pointing-finger symbol), the role played by women in information management, the extraordinary commonplace book used for nearly sixty years by Renaissance England's greatest lawyer-statesman, and the attitudes toward annotated books among collectors and librarians from the Middle Ages to the present. This wide-ranging, learned, and often surprising book will make the marks of Renaissance readers more visible and legible to scholars, collectors, and bibliophiles.

Author : Walter Mignolo
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 9780472089314
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Darker Side of the Renaissance written by Walter Mignolo and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the role of the book, the map, and the European concept of literacy in the conquest of the New World

Author : William Kerrigan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Idea of the Renaissance written by William Kerrigan and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Awarded the Roland H. Bainton Book Prize of the Sixteenth-Century Studies Conference."The writing draws on a considerable reserve of erudition and grace (the stylistic kind) so skillfully exhibited in each author's past work... . Their familiar audience will not be disappointed by this impressively readable collaboration."--Christopher Martin, Sixteenth-Century Journal.

Author : Roy Gillett
Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
ISBN 13 : 1780283911
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Secret Language of Astrology written by Roy Gillett and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully illustrated practical guide to astrology – with a unique AstrolabeTM weblink that allows you to download personalised birth charts for free, in a matter of moments. What is the effect of each of the planets on your zodiac sign? What is the influence of the 12 "houses"? What are "aspects" and how do they relate to your birth chart? In this unique book and weblink package, renowned astrologer Roy Gillett uncovers the hidden layers of astrology to explain the complex interplay of influences that shape our character. The Secret Language of Astrology gives access to an AstrolableTM website created exclusively for the book, enabling you to create a detailed birth chart for yourself, or for family or friends, within seconds. A historical introduction traces the history of astrology from antiquity to the present day. The second part of the book, "The Elements of Astrology", looks at the planets, the zodiac signs, the twelve houses and the aspects. The emphasis throughout is on equipping the reader to analyse their birth chart, by examining the influences and showing how they combine to shape our lives and our potential for growth. The third part, "Putting the Pieces Together", shows you how to apply all this information when reading a full birth chart. Thoroughly practical, but with a wealth of historical and cultural detail, as well as superb illustrations and photographs, this is a landmark in astrological publishing.

Author : David Fontana
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811838214
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Secret Language of Symbols written by David Fontana and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2003-02 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the culture, history, and psychology that lies behind a wide range of symbols.

Author : Jo Wheeler
Publisher : Victoria & Albert Museum
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Renaissance Secrets written by Jo Wheeler and published by Victoria & Albert Museum. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The term 'Secret' was used throughout the Renaissance to describe a recipe or formula. Thousands of 'books of secrets' - compilations of recipes claiming to reveal trade secrets and occult knowledge - were printed. From recipes for plague amulets to aphrodisiacs, and formulas for everything from lip balm to paint pigments, this book takes you into the clandestine world of Renaissance trades and explains why certain recipes were jealously guarded while others were printed for a new general readership. New research offers intriguing insights into the use of obscure, exotic and toxic ingredients and explains now unfamiliar or arcane techniques. Each recipe is linked to real objects from the V and A's outstanding collections. Renaissance Secrets tells the compelling stories behind the original recipes.

Author : Stephen J. Campbell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780500293348
Total Pages : 722 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Italian Renaissance Art written by Stephen J. Campbell and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new edition--now in two volumes--of the largest and most comprehensive textbook about Italian Renaissance art. Now in its second edition, Italian Renaissance Art presents an updated and even more accessible history. The book has been split into two volumes: the first, covering the period 1300 to 1510; the second, 1490 to 1600. The volumes retain the same innovative decade-by-decade structure as the first edition, and a number of chapters have been revised by the authors to reflect the latest scholarship. The coverage of the Trecento has been expanded, and a new appendix section explains all the key Renaissance art-making techniques, with illustrations and step-by-steps for such processes as lost-wax casting. This book tells the story of art in the great cities of Rome, Florence, and Venice while profiling a range of other centers throughout Italy--including in this edition art from Naples, Padua, and Palermo.

Author : John Harold Plumb
Publisher : Mariner Books
ISBN 13 : 9780618127382
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Italian Renaissance written by John Harold Plumb and published by Mariner Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning an age that witnessed great achievements in the arts and sciences, this definitive overview of the Italian Renaissance will both captivate ordinary readers and challenge specialists. Dr. Plumb’s impressive and provocative narrative is accompanied by contributions from leading historians, including Morris Bishop, J. Bronowski, Maria Bellonci, and many more, who have further illuminated the lives of some of the era’s most unforgettable personalities, from Petrarch to Pope Pius II, Michelangelo to Isabella d'Este, Machiavelli to Leonardo. A highly readable and engaging volume, THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE is a perfect introduction to the movement that shaped the Western world.