Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Description
A vivid, dramatic and authoritative account of the most influential family in Italian history: The Medici.
Against the background of an age that saw the rebirth of ancient and classical learning, Strathern explores the intensely dramatic rise and fall of the Medici family in Florence, as well as the Italian Renaissance which they did so much to sponsor and encourage. He follows the lives of many of the great Renaissance artists and scientists with...
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 220 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A tale of one family's ambition and of Europe's struggle to emerge from the ravages of the Dark Ages. The Medici used charm, skill and ruthlessness to garner unparalleled wealth and power, ruling Europe for more than 300 years.
6) The Medici
Author
Pub. Date
1910.
Physical Description
2 volumes : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Description
xiii, 392 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
An investigation of the murder of archaeologist Kat Cullen's partner leads Kat's husband and scientist Chester Allen to believe that the Medici treasure is very real and they are not the only ones interested in finding it.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Description
327 pages : color illustrations, portraits ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Between 1512 and 1570, Florence underwent dramatic political transformations. As citizens jockeyed for prominence, portraits became an essential means not only of recording likeness but also of conveying a sitter's character, social position, and cultural ambitions. This book explores the ways that painters, including Jacopo Pontormo, Agnolo Bronzino, and Francesco Salviati, sculptors such as Benvenuto Cellini, and others, endowed Florentine portraiture...
14) I Medici
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Description
2 audio discs (125 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Italiano
Description
Recounts the Pazzi Conspiracy--the assassination of Giuliano de' Medici in 1478--and depicts Giuliano's doomed love for the beautiful Simonetta.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Description
284 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
When a well-known British TV historian, Marmaduke Godolphin, is found murdered in the canals of Venice during carnival, stabbed by a stiletto blade, the Venetian police are eager to have the case solved and cleared up within a day--murder is bad for tourism! The police recruit the help of retired archivist, Arnold Clover. Godolphin had hired his services on arriving in Venice to help sort through some historical papers of note. These dusty documents...
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Consider suggesting a title. Submit Request