Summary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Summary: This series of lectures introduces the greatest of universal museums. Its aim is not comprehensive. The focus is narrowed to the Department of Paintings, which is responsible for European paintings from the Middle Ages until the mid-19th century. These works of art form an encyclopedic summary of the achievements of painters that can be called the single most important such collection in the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2006
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 708.4 MUSCall number: DVD 708.4 MUS
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great 708.4 MuseumVasari, Giorgio
Summary: 120 full-color plates and 127 black and white illustrations. An extensive biography about the Italian Renaissance artists.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beaux Arts Editions 1986
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.5 GREMorrow, Ann
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Publisher / Publication Date: Interlink Books 2004
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Florentia, the "flowering" city: Under the Medici family, artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, and Brunelleschi turned the city into an artistic center and awakened Italian Humanism. Even today the visitor feels the unique flair when strolling through the streets, past the Duomo Santa Maria del Fiore, the Piazza della Signoria, and the treasures of the Uffizi.
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Publisher / Publication Date: H.F. Ullmann 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 FlorenceKahn, Robert
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bookroom 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.5632 KAHBinoche, Juliette
Summary: A British author on a book tour in Tuscany and a French art-gallery owner get to know each other over the course of an afternoon.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2012
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CERSmith, Ali
Summary: "The brilliant Booker-nominated novel from one of our finest authors: How to Be Both is a daring, inventive tale that intertwines the stories of a defiant Renaissance painter and a modern teenage girl. How can one be both--near and far, past and present, male and female? In Ali Smith's new novel, two extraordinary characters inhabit the spaces between categories. In one half of the book, we...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SMIKelder, Diane.
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Publisher / Publication Date: F. A. Praeger 1969
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.5 KELHarr, Jonathan.
Summary: A decaying palazzo on a hilltop near the Adriatic coast, and in the basement, cobwebbed and dusty, an archive unknown to scholars. Here, a young graduate student from Rome makes a discovery that inspires a search for a painting lost for almost two centuries. The artist was Caravaggio, a revolutionary painter beset by personal demons. Four hundred years ago, he drank and brawled in the taverns...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 759.5 HARDay, Nick (Nicholas)
Summary: "On a hot August day in Paris, just over a century ago, a desperate guard burst into the office of the director of the Louvre and shouted, La Joconde, c'est partie! The Mona Lisa, she's gone! No one knew who was behind the heist. Was it an international gang of thieves? Was it an art-hungry American millionaire? Was it the young Spanish painter Pablo Picasso, who was about to remake the very...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio, an imprint of Random House Children's Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 364.16 DAYMatar, Hisham
Summary: "After finishing his powerful memoir The Return, Hisham Matar, seeking solace and pleasure, traveled to Siena, Italy. Always finding comfort and clarity in great art, Matar immersed himself in eight significant works from the Sienese School of painting, which flourished from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries. Artists whom he had admired throughout his life, such as Duccio and Ambrogio...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MATAR, HISHAM MATSummary: Organized by subject: everyday phrases, transportation, shopping, hotels, menu guides and pronunication. Includes cd with book.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: CD 458.3 ITADi Palo, Lou
Summary: "The ultimate guide to the finest foods of Italy from the oldest, most celebrated Italian market in New York City. In the heart of New York City's Little Italy sits Di Palo's, a family-owned food shop that has been the treasure of the neighborhood for more than a century. The four generations of Di Palos who have run this Italian specialty market have made it their mission to bring customers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5945 DIPSummary: Presents a beginning language learning program designed to teach the listener Italian in progressive steps, without the use of reading materials. Organized for rapid learning, this language program includes instruction on vocabulary, grammar, and simple conversation.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Pimsleur/Simon & Schuster Audio 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: CD 458.3 ITASummary: UK's bestselling language learning audio series. This Italian Audio Course takes you from complete beginner to complete confidence. It is the perfect companion for holidays and business trips abroad. Easy to use--fast, flexible and portable; Easy to follow--just listen, speak and learn; Easy to learn--no complex grammar Whether you're a beginner or you want to refresh and build upon your...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 458.3 ITAOmoth, Tyler
Summary: "Offers readers a compelling look into the lives, challenges, and successes of Italian immigrants. Additional features include a Fast Facts page, a timeline, informative photo captions, critical-thinking questions, primary source quotes and accompanying source notes, a phonetic glossary, additional resources for further study, and an index"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2018