Remo Frame Drum 16" Thinline Renaissance

Remo Frame Drum 16" Thinline Renaissance
By Remo

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Frame Drum. Made by Remo.

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Splendours of the Princely Collections of Liechenstein: Brueghel, Rembrandt, Rubens (Hardcover)

Splendours of the Princely Collections of Liechenstein: Brueghel, Rembrandt, Rubens (Hardcover)
By Caroline Messensee

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An essential work of reference for connoisseurs of art as well as for specialists in the period from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, as well as an indispensable source book for the history of collections.

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Master Paintings from the Phillips Collection (Hardcover)

Master Paintings from the Phillips Collection (Hardcover)
By Susan Behrends

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Published to celebrate its 90th anniversary, this book combines Phillips Collection history with 108 outstanding works from the collection by American and European artists.

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Flemish Painting: From the 16th to the 18th Century (Hardcover)

Flemish Painting: From the 16th to the 18th Century (Hardcover)
By Florence de Voldère

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Gothic Princess Costume

Gothic Princess Costume
By Rubies Costume

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Raleigh: Selected Writings (Penguin Classics) (Paperback)

Raleigh: Selected Writings (Penguin Classics) (Paperback)
By Sir Walter Raleigh

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The Vatican and Saint Peter's Basilica of Rome (Hardcover)

The Vatican and Saint Peter's Basilica of Rome (Hardcover)
By Paul Marie Letarouilly

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French architect Paul Letarouilly (1795-1855), author of the masterpiece Edifices de Rome Moderne, was unequaled in his observational ability and impeccable drawing skills. He devoted many years of his lifeliving in austerity and refusing paying commissionsto compile and draw the intricate details and decorative elements of the most breathtaking buildings in Italy's Vatican City, including St. Peter's Basilica, the Sistine Chapel, the Pontifical Palace, the Museo Pio Clementino, and the Villa Pia.

Published in 1882, after his death, Vatican served as an unparalleled sourcebook of everything from plans, elevations, interior room views, and perspective drawings to mosaics, wall panels, doorframes, fountains, towers, domes, cornices, and moldings. Prior to the books original publication, these details were not easily replicated in other parts of the world. Vatican gave access to rigorous documentation of the work of some of the most significant Renaissance architectsMichelangelo, Bernini, Bramante, Sangallo, and Peruzziand is now often credited as one of the primary catalysts for the American Renaissance style, the results of which can be seen in any capital city in America. The precision and attention to detail that Letarouilly demanded of his engravers advanced the art of etching in the nineteenth century. Exquisite rendering techniques and precise execution make this book as beautiful as it is useful. Originally published in three volumes, Vatican is presented as a single facsimile edition in our Classic Reprints series and includes a new foreword by architectural historian Ingrid Rowland.

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Caravaggio (25) (Hardcover)

Caravaggio (25) (Hardcover)
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Caravaggio - A genius beyond his time

Notorious bad boy of Italian Baroque painting, Caravaggio (1571-1610) is finally getting the recognition he deserves. Though his name may be familiar to all of us, his work has been habitually detested and forced into obscurity. Not only was his theatrical realism unfashionable in his time, but his sacrilegious subject matter and use of lower class models were violently scorned.

Caravaggio's great work had the misfortune of enduring centuries of disrepute. It wasn't until the end of the 19th century that he was rediscovered and, quite posthumously, deemed a great master. He is now considered the most important painter of the early Baroque period; without him there would have been no Ribera, Zurbarán, Velázquez, Vermeer or Georges de la Tour. Franz Hals, Rembrandt, Delacroix, and Manet would have been different.

In this anniversary edition you'll find over 50 of Caravaggio's best paintings; we think you'll agree that he was a genius beyond his time.

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Mary Boleyn: The Mistress of Kings (Hardcover)

Mary Boleyn: The Mistress of Kings (Hardcover)
By Alison Weir

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Sister to Queen Anne Boleyn, she was seduced by two kings and was an intimate player in one of history’s most gripping dramas. Yet much of what we know about Mary Boleyn has been fostered through garbled gossip, romantic fiction, and the misconceptions repeated by historians. Now, in her latest book, New York Times bestselling author and noted British historian Alison Weir gives us the first ever full-scale, in-depth biography of Henry VIII’s famous mistress, in which Weir explodes much of the mythology that surrounds Mary Boleyn and uncovers the truth about one of the most misunderstood figures of the Tudor age. 
 
With the same brand of extensive forensic research she brought to her acclaimed book The Lady in the Tower, Weir facilitates here a new portrayal of her subjects, revealing how Mary was treated by her ambitious family and the likely nature of the relationship between the Boleyn sisters. She also posits new evidence regarding the reputation of Mary’s mother, Elizabeth Howard, who was rumored to have been an early mistress of Henry VIII.
 
Weir unravels the truth about Mary’s much-vaunted notoriety at the French court and her relations with King François I. She offers plausible theories as to what happened to Mary during the undocumented years of her life, and shows that, far from marrying an insignificant and complacent nonentity, she made a brilliant match with a young man who was the King’s cousin and a rising star at court.
 
Weir also explores Mary’s own position and role at the English court, and how she became Henry VIII’s mistress. She tracks the probable course of their affair and investigates Mary’s real reputation. With new and compelling evidence, Weir presents the most conclusive answer to date on the paternity of Mary’s children, long speculated to have been Henry VIII’s progeny.
 
Alison Weir has drawn fascinating information from the original sources of the period to piece together a life steeped in mystery and misfortune, debunking centuries-old myths and disproving accepted assertions, to give us the truth about Mary Boleyn, the so-called great and infamous whore. A Letter from the Author: Mary Boleyn on Film

Mary Boleyn has been portrayed several times on screen. In Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), Valerie Gearon plays her as the dark-haired, ‘pliant eldest daughter’ of Thomas Boleyn. Henry VIII’s affair with her is dated to 1523; Anne Boleyn complains: ‘We have had the King in the bosom of this family for three years!’ When next we see Mary, she has been banished to Hever and is pregnant with Henry’s child. Sir Thomas tells her she must make no trouble about being abandoned, to avoid putting her family at risk.

Mary warns her sister: ‘Learn from me, Nan. Lock up your heart.’ She has clearly lost her own heart: when the King visits, she sits weeping alone. It is inevitable that film makers make dramatic capital from the scenario of one sister snaring the King who has abandoned the other.

Watching the film today, one is struck by its integrity and the efforts made to achieve a degree of accuracy, which are markedly absent from some modern historical films.

Clare Cameron made a cameo appearance as Mary in Henry VIII (2003). When the King (Ray Winstone) descends on Hever to court Anne, Mary is big with a child he doubts is his--and faints at the sight of him. This is one of many gratuitous scenes in the series. The pregnant Mary is about to be married to ‘a provincial book-keeper’. Later, bending the historical chronology, Henry says he will grant Mary lands, a title and a good marriage; and he titles her father Earl of Essex (his title was in fact Earl of Wiltshire!)

In 2003, the BBC filmed Philippa Gregory’s novel, The Other Boleyn Girl. Henry VIII’s interest in Mary (Natasha McElhone) is dated to to 1524, and Katherine of Aragon (why is she always shown as black-haired in films?) is improbably aware of the affair. Mary is manoeuvred by her family into becoming the King’s mistress, but she loves her husband, William Carey, and only reluctantly succumbs. But as their intimacy deepens, she comes to favour Henry, and a rift opens between her and Carey.

William Stafford, who will become Mary’s second husband, appears early on in the unlikely guise of a servant of the Boleyns, when he would have been about twelve years old!

Mary becomes pregnant in 1525. Her father is worried that the King will stray while she is unavailable to him, so he pushes Anne into Henry’s path. Inevitably, Henry falls for Anne. Mary is shown being confined as a queen, taking to a darkened chamber in readiness for the birth. Henry VIII was discreet in his illicit amours, and these ordinances were laid down only for the Queen, so this is just pure silliness.

Mary gives birth to a son, but the Duke of Norfolk tells her that the King no longer desires her because he wants her sister. Only Stafford is there to support her.

Mary is forced to wait on Anne, whom she now hates, and to witness her flirting with Henry. Carey tells her to forget the King, and forces himself on her, fathering a daughter. But the chronology is skewed, as is the likely paternity of the children. Carey dies after Anne becomes queen in 1533 (in reality, he died in 1528). When Anne tries to wed Mary to the fictional Lord Farnley, she marries Stafford in secret. When she confesses, she is banished for disgracing the family.

Mary is then seen suggesting that Anne lie secretly with another man in order to conceive a son, when in reality, she was likely in Calais during Anne’s fall. In the series, it is she who asks their brother George, ‘Could you lie with her?’ Later, she comforts Anne for the loss of the son George has incestuously fathered, and after Anne’s arrest, she attends her in the Tower.

There is no sense of politics in the film, as in the movie, The Other Boleyn Girl (2008), starring Scarlett Johansson as a rather vacuous Mary. The costumes are often anachronistic and the chronology shaky. The story is told on a superficial level, and follows a similar plot to the TV movie. At the end, Mary is seen watching Anne’s execution; but the real Anne did not weep on the scaffold. The most far-fetched scene is where Mary rides back to court afterwards and snatches Anne’s daughter Elizabeth, carrying her off to be reared with her own children in the country.

In the TV series The Tudors (2007-2010), Mary Boleyn (Perdita Weeks) appears in six episodes. From the moment you see the eighteenth-century coach in the opening shots of the series, you know that historical integrity is going to be an issue. Hopeless chronology, dated costumes and unforgivable factual errors spoil a series that is often well acted by a strong cast. The Tudors inhabits a world of its own: only occasionally do you get a sense of Tudor England. Many of the female characters, like Mary, look like modern fashion models with breast implants and teased hair.

We see the King of France pointing out Mary to Henry VIII at the Field of Cloth of Gold in 1520. When Henry later asks Mary what French graces she has learned, she offers him oral sex. Later, we see Mary waiting on her sister Anne and visiting Calais with the royal party. Anne and Mary are depicted as being very close and affectionate, which may not have been the case in real life. In the show it is Mary (not even recorded as being present) who carries the Princess Elizabeth to her christening. Later on a heavily pregnant Mary--had Anne not already noticed?--confesses that she has married Stafford secretly, and the Boleyns banish her from court.

Mary Boleyn is misrepresented in popular culture because of such films. It concerns me that the demarcation line between historical fact and fiction has now become blurred. Why would one ever want to change history? The truth, as Byron famously said, ‘is stranger than fiction’.

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Cruising For A Boozing: A Drunk & Disorderly Banned Prequel (Kindle Edition)

Cruising For A Boozing: A Drunk & Disorderly Banned Prequel (Kindle Edition)
By Kevin Michael

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This is the book Renaissance Fair attendees and DMV clerks don't want
you to read. Come see Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn drunker than you've
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The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art: Art Spaces Series (Paperback)

The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art: Art Spaces Series (Paperback)
By Virginia Brilliant

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The first book available to the trade examining the history of this fascinating building. Read more

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Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love and Death in Renaissance Italy (Kindle Edition)

Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love and Death in Renaissance Italy (Kindle Edition)
By Sarah Bradford

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Making Renaissance Art (Open University: Renaissance Art Reconsidered) (Paperback)

Making Renaissance Art (Open University: Renaissance Art Reconsidered) (Paperback)
By Kim W. Woods

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This book explores key themes in the making of Renaissance painting, sculpture, architecture, and prints: the use of specific techniques and materials, theory and practice, change and continuity in artistic procedures, conventions and values. It also reconsiders the importance of mathematical perspective, the assimilation of the antique revival, and the illusion of life.
Embracing the full significance of Renaissance art requires understanding how it was made. As manifestations of technical expertise and tradition as much as innovation, artworks of this period reveal highly complex creative processes—allowing us an inside view on the vexed issue of the notion of a renaissance. Read more

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SABINA: A Novel Set in the Italian Renaissance (Kindle Edition)

SABINA: A Novel Set in the Italian Renaissance (Kindle Edition)
By C. De Melo

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Tuscany, 1477: Impoverished and lacking a dowry, Sabina's father forces her to marry Tommaso, a rich Florentine merchant several years her senior. Her secret lover, Marco, is jealous and angry that she is going along with her father’s plan rather than resisting it, especially given the fact that she is rebellious and sharp-tongued. Sabina's life changes drastically when she moves to exciting Florence, where the new humanistic movement is at its artistic peak. Thanks to her husband’s social status, she eventually befriends the powerful and intriguing Lorenzo de’ Medici and begins to frequent the dazzling Medici court, where she not only meets talented artists, but also Massimo, whose charms and good looks are hard to resist. When her husband suddenly dies during the Pazzi Conspiracy, she is free to give in to her passion. Sabina and Massimo fall madly in love, but he has a dark secret and her joy is cruelly cut short one day when he mysteriously disappears leaving behind only a brief note...

Believing that she has lost Massimo forever, Sabina agrees to a marriage that takes her far from her beloved Italy and puts her in danger. She flees for her life and seeks Medici protection. She also discovers the disturbing truth about Massimo and concocts an elaborate plan to free him from peril. Meanwhile, the vindicative Marco has never forgotten the pain and humiliation of Sabina's rejection and he does the unthinkable in an attempt to ruin her happiness forever.

Three generations of Rossi women: Sabina, her daughter, Anne, and her granddaughter, Stefania, span the most incredible period of Florentine history. From the lavish lifestyle of the Renaissance, to the fanatical rule of Savonarola, and finally the strategic restoration of Medici power via Grand Duke Cosimo I, this fascinating and carefully researched novel will leave you breathless and wanting more.

About the author: C. De Melo obtained an Art History degree from the University of Massachusetts and has spent several years researching and writing in Florence, Italy.Tuscany, 1477: Impoverished and lacking a dowry, Sabina's father forces her to marry Tommaso, a rich Florentine merchant several years her senior. Her secret lover, Marco, is jealous and angry that she is going along with her father’s plan rather than resisting it, especially given the fact that she is rebellious and sharp-tongued. Sabina's life changes drastically when she moves to exciting Florence, where the new humanistic movement is at its artistic peak. Thanks to her husband’s social status, she eventually befriends the powerful and intriguing Lorenzo de’ Medici and begins to frequent the dazzling Medici court, where she not only meets talented artists, but also Massimo, whose charms and good looks are hard to resist. When her husband suddenly dies during the Pazzi Conspiracy, she is free to give in to her passion. Sabina and Massimo fall madly in love, but he has a dark secret and her joy is cruelly cut short one day when he mysteriously disappears leaving behind only a brief note...

Believing that she has lost Massimo forever, Sabina agrees to a marriage that takes her far from her beloved Italy and puts her in danger. She flees for her life and seeks Medici protection. She also discovers the disturbing truth about Massimo and concocts an elaborate plan to free him from peril. Meanwhile, the vindicative Marco has never forgotten the pain and humiliation of Sabina's rejection and he does the unthinkable in an attempt to ruin her happiness forever.

Three generations of Rossi women: Sabina, her daughter, Anne, and her granddaughter, Stefania, span the most incredible period of Florentine history. From the lavish lifestyle of the Renaissance, to the fanatical rule of Savonarola, and finally the strategic restoration of Medici power via Grand Duke Cosimo I, this fascinating and carefully researched novel will leave you breathless and wanting more.

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The Borgias Season 1 (DVD)

The Borgias Season 1 (DVD)
By David Oakes

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In Our Own Image: A Special Study Set of Fine Art Reproductions (Dallas County Community College District) (Plastic Comb)

In Our Own Image: A Special Study Set of Fine Art Reproductions (Dallas County Community College District) (Plastic Comb)
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