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Giacometti by Alberto Giacometti (Artist); Valerie Fletcher (Text by); Megan Fontanella (Editor); Catherine Grenier (Text by); Karole Vail (Text by, Editor)
80.00 AUD
Category: Art
A fresh appraisal of Giacometti's output, from painting to sculpture This comprehensive survey of the work of the Swiss-born modern master Alberto Giacometti offers a fresh and incisive account of his creative output. Published on the occasion of Giacometti's first major museum presentation in the US i ...Show more
The Beauty and the Terror: An Alternative History of the Italian Renaissance by Catherine Fletcher
35.00 AUD
Category: Popular History | Reading Level: near fine
The Italian Renaissance shaped western culture - but it was far stranger and darker than many of us realise. We revere Leonardo for his art but few now appreciate his ingenious designs for weaponry. We know the Mona Lisa for her smile but not that she was married to a slave-trader. We visit Florence to ...Show more
The Beauty and the Terror - An Alternative History of the Italian Renaissance by Catherine Fletcher
24.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
'Brilliant and gripping, here is the full true Renaissance in a history of compelling originality and freshness' SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE The Italian Renaissance shaped western culture - but it was far stranger and darker than many of us realise. We revere Leonardo da Vinci for his art but few now appreci ...Show more
The Black Prince of Florence: The Spectacular Life and Treacherous World of Alessandro De' Medici by Catherine Fletcher
24.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
'Nothing in sixteenth-century history is more astonishing than the career of Alessandro de' Medici' (Hilary Mantel). In The Black Prince of Florence, a dramatic tale of assassination, spies and betrayal, the first retelling of Alessandro's life in two-hundred years opens a window onto the opulent, cut-t ...Show more
The Roads To Rome: A History by Catherine Fletcher
36.99 AUD
Category: History
'All roads lead to Rome.' It's a medieval proverb, but it's also true- today's European roads still follow the networks of the ancient empire, as Rome's extraordinary legacy continues to grip our imaginations.Over the two thousand years since they were first built, the roads have been walked by crusader ...Show more
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