He was vain, swaggering, hot-tempered, violent—and a tireless braggart. But Benvenuto Cellini was also one of the greatest artists of the Italian Renaissance and the author of one of the greatest autobiographies ever written. This faithful adaptation of his life story is filled with all the excitement of his extraordinary life, including a step-by-step depiction of the creation of his masterpiece, the Perseus With the Head of Medusa.
Aldous Huxley and the Search for Meaning: A Study of the Eleven Novels
Aldous Huxley, author of eleven novels, remains one of the towering figures of the twentieth century, his work resistant to passing fads in literature. This critical biography explores Huxley's life-long quest for self-actualization by interfacing the events of his life with details of the creative period that produced each book.
The Art of the Portrait (Masterpieces of European Portrait Painting, 1420-1670)
The portraits presented in this book are selected exclusively from works executed between the late Middle Ages and the seventeenth century. There are good reasons for limiting study to this period, for it was then that portraiture came into its own. It was this era that witnessed the revival and genuine renewal of the individualised, "au vif" depiction of privileged or highly esteemed persons, a genre largely neglected since Classical antiquity.
The easy steps in this book emphasize careful observation of animals and plants in nature. The elements of light and shade, contour lines, and composition come together to achieve an accurate depiction of the artist's world. With practice, students will successfully capture the things they observe around them.
The Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire, written by Matthew Bunson in 1994 and published by Facts on File, is a detailed depiction of the history of the Roman Empire.
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