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Publisher
Phil Sheppard Video Production
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The Renaissance was a time of significant accomplishments in architecture, art, music, science and exploration. It began in the Italian city-states, with Florence generally described as the cradle of the Renaissance. Venice was a trading superpower with a large empire. The Catholic Church and Trade Unions were influential on society. Marriages strengthened business and family ties. A system of social welfare was created to help the poor, especially...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Explore the earliest printed cookbook, composed in the early 15th century and printed around 1470 (making it one of the first generation of books in print on any subject). Learn to create its blancmanger, a combination of capon breast, white flour, rosewater, sugar, and almond milk that still exists in Turkish cuisine. And discover how to make pasta by feel and texture, no measurements allowed.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In this lecture, turn to the other great power players in Renaissance Italy, including the kingdoms of Naples and Sicily and the duchy of Milan. Then, examine the eclipse of the age of the republics by the age of the tyrants: elite families who used cunning to obtain - and maintain - positions of authority.
Series
What life was like volume 12
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Daughter of the Duke of Milan and wife of the conniving Count Girolamo Riario, Caterina Sforza was the bravest warrior Renaissance Italy ever knew. She ruled her own lands, fought her own battles, and openly took lovers whenever she pleased. Her remarkable tale is told by her lady-in-waiting, Dea. Dea reviews Caterina's scandalous past and struggles to understand their joint destiny, while Caterina valiantly tries to fight off Cesare Borgia's unconquerable...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In the fascinating Great artist series, we investigate some of the best artists in history - examining their influence, style and what exactly made them so unique. In this double package we examine two giants of Renaissance painting - Titian, noted for his radical approach to light, colour and composition and Raphael, the master of portraiture and balance.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In the fascinating Great artist series, we investigate some of the best artists in history - examining their influence, style and what exactly made them so unique. In this double package we examine two giants of the Renaissance period - Leonardo da Vinci, genius scientist, inventor, engineer and artist, and his contemporary and equal Michelangelo.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In the fascinating Great artist series, we investigate some of the best artists in history - examining their influence, style and what exactly made them so unique. In this double package we examine two vital instigators of the Renaissance; Giotto, with his naturalistic and emotive treatment of medieval Christian iconography, whose popularity and commissions raised the status of artists forevermore, and Piero della Francesca, creator of calm, monumental...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Start your journey in Renaissance Italy where - right in the pope's backyard - two men gave very different yet powerful critiques of the church, years before the Reformation. By examining these representative figures, Professor Worthen unpacks several key themes running through Christianity for the past 500 years.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A novel set in Renaissance Italy, and centering on the captivating young duchess Lucrezia de' Medici"--
Florence, the 1550s. Lucrezia, third daughter of the grand duke, is comfortable with her obscure place in the palazzo: free to wonder at its treasures, observe its clandestine workings, and to devote herself to her own artistic pursuits. But when her older sister dies on the eve of her wedding to the ruler of Ferrara, Moderna and Regio, Lucrezia...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Renaissance Italy, Artemisia Gentileschi endures the subjugation of women that allows her father to take credit for her extraordinary paintings, rape and the ensuing trial, and torture, buoyed by her deceased mother's stories of strong women of the Bible.
Author
Series
Treasure chest (Ann Hood) volume 9
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
When their Great-Uncle Thorne falls ill, Felix and Maisie decide to travel back in time to Renaissance Italy to save him. There, they meet and befriend a young Leonardo da Vinci, dine with the great Medici family and celebrate Carnival while coming closer to solving the mysteries of Elm Medona and the Pickworth family.
15) Ruling destiny
Author
Series
Stealing infinity volume 2
Publisher
Entangled Teen, an imprint of Entangled Publishing LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The second I stepped through the doors of Gray Wolf Academy, my world disintegrated. Here, time is malleable. It can be manipulated, shifted. Changed. And for those of us who Trip--or travel through time--the possibilities are infinite and perilous. Now my life is caught in the secrets of everyone around me. Arthur, the eccentric billionaire who rules this school. Killian, who could be the only honest person here...or the biggest liar. And Braxton,...
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Jeremy Irons stars in The Borgias, the saga of history's most infamous crime family. Conspiring with his ruthless sons and poisonously seductive daughter, the charismatic Rodrigo Borgia will let nothing and no one stand in the way of his relentless quest for wealth and power. Mercilessly cruel and defiantly decadent, intimidation and murder are his weapons of choice in his scandalous ascension to the papacy in Renaissance-era Italy.
Publisher
Showtime Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
After exacting vicious punishment on all those who opposed them, the Borgias are at the apex of their power and influence. With the world around them embroiled in war and turmoil, the original crime family will continue to exploit allies, silence critics, and solidify legacies. But this time, the seemingly unbreakable bonds of blood will be tested like never before, as the house notoriously united against the world becomes divided against itself.
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