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Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies by Ross King
$49.99 AUD
Category: Art/Decorative arts/Graphics
Claude Monet's water lily paintings are among the most iconic and beloved works of art of the past century. Yet these entrancing images were created at a time of terrible private turmoil and sadness for the artist. The dramatic history behind these paintings is little known; Ross King's Mad Enchantment ...Show more
The Bookseller of Florence: Vespasiano Da Bisticci and the Manuscripts That Illuminated the Renaissance by Ross King
$35.00 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction
An exhilarating and untold account of a Florentine bookseller working at the frontiers of human knowledge, and the epochal shift from script to print that defined the Renaissance The Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful frescoes and elegant buildings - the dazzling handiwork of the city' ...Show more
The Judgement of Paris : The Revolutionary Decade that gave the World Impressionism by Ross King
$30.00 AUD
Category: Art/Decorative arts/Graphics
In 1863, the French painter Ernest Meissonier was one of the most famous artists in the world. The darling of the 'Salon' - that all important public art exhibition held biannually in Paris - he painted historical subjects in meticulous detail and sold his works for astronomical sums to collectors who i ...Show more
The Shortest History of Italy: A Captivating Journey from the Roman Empire to the Renaissance to a Modern Republic by Ross King
$29.99 AUD
Category: World History/Politics
Embark on a captivating journey through 3000 years of Italy's rich history Italian history has always been about resilience and rebirth ... It is a country that for so many centuries has offered up visions of the wonders to which we humans, at our very best, can aspire. Italy was the centre of Europe's ...Show more
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