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      • Literature & Literary Studies
        January 2018

        Niccolo Machiavelli Cesare Borgia Kriminalnovelle

        by Dirk Hoeges

        Von Imola nach Senigallia führt der Weg Cesare Borgias um die Jahreswende 1502/1503. Sein Plan war, vier seine abtrünnigen Condottieri, selbst mächtige Kriegsherren, in einer tödlichen Falle zu locken. Seine Stunde schlug. Mit der "grandiosen Liste von Senigallia" wie Isabella d'Este, Herrin von Mantua, in ihrem Gratulationsbrief schreiben, entledigte er sich der vier Verräter. Für den französischen König Ludwig XII. "Ein Römers würdig". Er bestätigte den europäischenRuf des Papstsohnes: intelligent, verschlagen, listenreich und skrupellos auf seinem Weg zur Macht in Italien der Renaissance. Machiavelli war gegen als Gesandter von Florenz, als Beobachter und Berichterstatter. In Mußestunden formte er das Geschehen zu einer Novelle von sprachlicher Meisterschaft, suggestiv, kurz, lakonisch, gestimmt von der flirrenden Magie des Augenblicks. Den Stationen dieser Kriminalnovelle kann man auf einer Reise durch die Emilia Romagna und die Marken von Imola über Cesena, Fossombrone, Fano bis Senigallia die adriatische entlang der Folgen. Mit Machiavellis Novelle als Cicerone und dem Borgia vor Augen.

      • The Hours of Henry VIII

        by Roger S. Wieck (Curator and Department Head of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts at the The Morgan Library & Museum)

        The Hours of Henry VIII, Jean Poyer’s masterpiece, receives its name from King Henry VIII of England, second monarch of the House of Tudor. This codex, endowed with an unparalleled dramatic force fitting for the most passionate and fascinating monarch in English history, is known to have belonged to a series of later English kings. For example, there is proof that between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries it still belonged to the library of George III. Jean Poyer’s career as a painter was short, from 1483 to 1503, but he was famous for being a master colourist and a genius at composition and perspective. Both Poyer and Bourdichon, painter of the Great Hours of Anne of Brittany, were amongst the finest illuminators in the early six-teenth century and helped keep the art of illumination at its peak of excellence.   CONTENTS: From the editor to the reader Manuel Moleiro Introduction Roger S. Wieck (Curator and Department Head of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts at the The Morgan Library & Museum)   The Art of Jean Poyer Roger S. Wieck   Texts and Images in the Hours of Henry VIII Roger S. Wieck   Provenance of the Hours of Henry VIII Roger S. Wieck   Appendix   VIDEO: English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7gvUwHZOM8&list=PLGapGlViYRH00D4Py6g2CcvN7oVyCgBCk&index=2 Spanish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn3KFUoeYpA&list=PLGapGlViYRH00D4Py6g2CcvN7oVyCgBCk&index=1   MORE INFO: https://www.moleiro.com/en/books-of-hours/the-hours-of-henry-viii.html

      • LEONARDO IN FEAST OF PARADISE

        Picture Book

        by Pia Valentinis

        A picture book with non fiction sections dedicated to Leonardo Da Vinci's special period of his life.  The book develops around the Feast of Paradise, an event organised by Leonardo to celebrate the wedding between Isabella of Aragon and Gian Galeazzo Sforza.  The story is told by one of his pupils.  The result is a special focus on Leonardo's passions and talents as well as on his historical and artistic time.

      • ELT resource books for teachers
        May 1999

        Pictures of English Tenses 2

        by Mark Fletcher / Richard Munns

        Designed for teaching at Council of Europe language level CEF - A2/B1. Where CEF is Common European Framework. Visuals and exercises at Lower Intermediate level. Grammar taught includes: Present Perfect Past / Present Perfect Past / Past Continuous For/Since/Ago 1st Conditional Present and Past Passives exact CONTENTS are as follows:      Pictures (Side A) / Exercises (Side B)         1             Overview of tenses         2             Present Perfect (with ‘just’)         3             For / Since / Ago         4             Past / Present Perfect          5             Past Simple / Continuous          6             Instructions         7             Much / Many / A lot of         8             Comparatives and Superlatives         9             1st conditional        10             Present & Past Passive        11              Describing things        12             Revision

      • Geometry and Art

        How Mathematics Transformed Art during the Renaissance

        by David Wade

        The book follows the search for perspective among artists through an exploration of geometry, which began in Florence during the renaissance. Influencing the work of artists such as Paulo Uccello, Piero della Francesco and Leonardo Da Vinci, it spread to Germany through the work of Dϋrer and others. It was there, in Germany, for a brief period in the mid-16th century, the fashion for polyhedral-based geometrical designs flourished as a distinct art form.

      • Children's & YA

        Heroes Atlas

        by Miralda Colombo

        One hundred and one inspiring stories of the notable men and women who shaped the world with their ideas, their genius, their creativity or courage. From super scientists to clued-up creatives, from writers to dreamers, these profiles explore the life of each personality in detail, with gorgeous illustrations. This educational book includes worldwide famous figures, as well as lesser-known personalities, but all very inspiring for children.

      • Gastroenterology
        October 2020

        Medicom Conference Reports UEGW 2020

        UEGW 2020

        by Dr. Rachel Giles

        Peer-reviewed Conference Report

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