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The folio society - the story of the renaissancea five-book box set in excellent condition, with the slipcase exhibiting very minor shelfwearlocation: beeston, nottingham, near the train station
25 €
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The title is the renaissance completethe sleeve condition is newfor example: idzthe item format is a book paperback
34 €
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Shopping in the renaissance: consumer cultures in italy, (winner of the wolfson foundation history prize )
19 €
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Art of the renaissance, paperback by murray, peter, isbn , isbn-13 , brand new, free shipping in the us
24 €
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Art of the renaissance, paperback by murray, peter, isbn , isbn-13 , like new used, free shipping in the us
23 €
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Italian painters of the renaissance by bernard berenson rd impression read more
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Going against recent trends in english renaissance studies, deborah shuger examines orthodox, rather than subversive, methods of thought in the english renaissancefirst published in , habits of thought in the english renaissance presaged an expanding and progressively more popular mode of inquiry in english renaissance scholarshipsome signs of previous use (enot ex-library and no notes or highlightingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morescuffs, minor blemishes) including slight sun fade to the spine, slight curling at edges and mild staining across the text blockhowever, there are no significant flawsoxfam bookshop newport when attempting to globally divide ideas into orthodox and subversive categories, it is not always clear what precisely is subversive to the dominant ideology and vice versashuger's approach also re-examines and re-legitimizes the investigation of the connections between religion and literatureinstead of finding a monolithic, unified body of thought, she reveals a remarkably non-uniform 'orthodox' ideology containing a wide range of views
9 €
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Part of the oxford studies in social history seriesoxfam bookshop market harborough the english urban renaissance - peter borsay culture and society in the provincial townclarendon presssee oxfam website for delivery information read morepaperback format with soft card coverslight shelf wear to the block edges but the book appears to be unreadthis is of course to be expected if the book is ever to be readat some time the cover has been held open, resulting in a crease to the front hinge line
19 €
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In the middle ages and the renaissance, the concept of perspectiva - the latin word for optics - encompassed many areas of enquiry that had been viewed since antiquity as interconnected, but which afterwards were separated: optics was incorporated into the field of physics (ilinear perspective)see oxfam website for delivery information read morephysical and geometrical optics), vision came to be regarded as the sum of various psycho-physiological mechanisms involved in the way the eye operates (ithe author shows how this division, which emerged as a result of the spread of the sciences in classical europe, turns out to be an anachronism if we confront certain facts from the immediately preceding periodsoxfam books & music crouch end this book clarifies the interrelationship between optics, vision and perspective before the classical age, examining binocularity in particularphysiological optics and psychology of vision) and the word 'perspective' was reserved for the mathematical representation of the external world (ithis book will appeal to a broad readership, from philosophers and historians of science, to those working in geometry, optics, ophthalmology and architecturethe author shows how binocular vision was one of the key juncture points between the three concepts and readers will see how important it is to understand the approach that scholars once tookit is essential to take into account the way medieval scholars posed the problem - which included all facets of the latin word perspectiva - when exploring the events of this period
55 €
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See oxfam website for delivery information read more with full plate colour illustrations missing slip caseoxfam bookshop hertford this edition published in , first published
9 €
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In this outstanding work, jonathan sawday explores the dark, morbid eroticism of the renaissance anatomy theatre, and relates it to not only the great monuments of renaissance art, but to the very foundation of the modern idea of knowledgea richly interdisciplinary work, the body emblazoned re-assesses modern understanding of the literature and culture of the renaissance and its conceptualisation of the body within the domains of the medical and moral, the cultural and politicalthough the dazzling displays of the exterior of the body in renaissance literature and art have long been a subject of enquiry, the body emblazoned considers the interior of the body, and what it meant to men and women in early modern culturesee oxfam website for delivery information read morelight wear on the cover edges, but a very clean unmarked bookoxfam books & music olney an outstanding piece of scholarship and a fascinating read, the body emblazoned is a compelling study of the culture of dissection the english renaissance, which informed intellectual enquiry in europe for nearly two hundred years
21 €
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This dinner service contains at least one of every piece available in the renaissance range25" dia 1 large round terrine/soup bowl with lid and spoon hole " also includes 'lady clare' felt-backed, heat-proof oblong place-mats in excellent condition in navy blue with gold trim, all still in original boxes: 4 large place-mats " x standard place-mats 9it is white with very classy navy blue and gold trimincludes: 8 dinner plates 1075" dia 2 small oval dishes 8" x 55" dia 8 soup bowls 952" x 8" 12 coasters 475" this dinner service is really beautiful, it oozes classit's wasted on us as we are very unsociable and don't ever entertain! buyer collectshas been carefully storedabsolutely immaculate and stunningly beautiful 87 piece royal worcester 'renaissance' 8 place dinner service5" x 8" 1 oval serving platter " x large oval serving platter " x round serving plate 12a few items used only twice, most items never usedsee the close-ups for best view of colour and pattern5" dia 2 round veg terrines with lids 9or we could meet half-way for a small charge5" 2 open oval serving dishes 1025" dia 8 cereal bowls 625" dia 8 desert plates 8" dia 8 side plates 6
775 €
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Longman history of italy: italy in the age of the renaissance bytitle: italy in the age of the renaissance series: longman history of italy format: paperback / softback type: book publisher: longman uk release date: language: englishit concentrates on social and political issues and gives particular coverage to sicily and the souththis book covers important aspects of the history of italy between the years to
6 €
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Such a chair derived from the french curule seat and was very common in french furnishing during the renaissanceit has two straight armrests joined at the back with a crossbar that becomes the backrest, usually finely carveddimensions of each chair: width 63 cm, depth 50 cm, height 81 cm, seat height from ground: 44 cmplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe armchairs fold-up easily like a book by removing the backrest and are easy to storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableit will be shipped via express courier the shipping price includes packaging and insurance read morethis particular folding armchair features a criss-cross frameworkour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe inlaid armrests ending with a lion head are hand-carved in fine wood
154 €
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New ancient history from first civilizations to the renaissancebeautiful hard back new ancient history from first civilizations to the renaissancea big thick new book with beautiful illustrations and information
20 €
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New ancient history from first civilizations to the renaissancebeautiful hard back new ancient history from first civilizations to the renaissancea big thick new book with beautiful illustrations and information read more
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Superb solid walnut chest of drawers with doors and mirror from the renaissance periodplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteplant sculptures decoration, interlacing and other decorationsfeet on low corniceoriginal shelvingopening on the front side with 3 drawers and 2 doors with english style light wood storage insidecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe marble top board (damaged and repaired) and topped by a beautiful mirrorour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storesize: height: 221 x 105 x 56 cmflat columns with crownsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
215 €
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Carved terracotta child's head, from the renaissance period, with important traces of polychromyplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteoriginal hole behind the head, to release firing gasescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storerests on a modern metal baseare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
471 €
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Combining extensive new research into the pre-war history of dachau with theoretical insights from studies of perpetrator violence, this book offers the first systematic study of the 'dachau school'oxfam books & music islington dachau and the ss studies the concentration camp guards at dachau, the first ss concentration camp and a national 'school' of violence for its concentration camp personnelan international symbol of nazi depredation, dachau was the cradle of a new and terrible spirit of destructionthroughout the pre-war era of nazi germany, dachau functioned as an academy of violence where concentration camp personnel were schooled in steely resolution and the techniques of terrorit explores the backgrounds and socialization of thousands of often very young ss men in the camp and critiques the assumption that violence was an outcome of personal or ideological pathologiesset up in the first months of adolf hitler's rule, dachau was a bastion of the nazi 'revolution' and a key springboard for the ascent of heinrich himmler and the ss to control of the third reich's terror and policing apparatusgraduates of the dachau school would go on to play a central role in the wartime criminality of the third reich, particularly at auschwitzdachau and the ss makes an original contribution to scholarship on the pre-history of the holocaust and the institutional organisation of violencechristopher dillon analyses recruitment to the dachau ss and evaluates the contribution of ideology, training, social psychology and masculine ideals to the conduct and subsequent careers of concentration camp guardsthis copy has slight damage to the back dust jacket (see photograph) see oxfam website for delivery information read more
55 €
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Vol 2 early edition of the orchestral studies with music by handel, bach, donizetti, auber and wagnerin good condition, some foxing, but music very clearsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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11 €
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The two parts are nicely bound in a red hard cover with gold and black printplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitetwo specialist books on french furniture in two parts written in the french language by alfred champeaux curator of the library of the association of decorative arts in pariscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablepart one describes: - "the period of the antiques, the middle ages and the renaissance" - 317 pages and contains 75 drawn images, followed by a table of contentsthis edition is froma study or reference literature for true lovers or specialists of french furniture or those who want to become itour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storepart two includes: - "the period of the seventeenth (xvii), eighteenth (xviii) and nineteenth (xix) century" and also 317 pages and contains 108 drawn images, followed by a table of contentsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
58 €
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Iris origo drew on this material to paint, in detail, a picture of italian domestic life on the eve of the renaissancefrancesco di marco datini, the 14th-century tuscan merchant who forms the central subject of iris origo's study, has now probably become the most intimately accessible figure of the later middle agesthe book is rightly celebrated as one of the most engrossing of all modern books on italian life and historyin an astonishing cache, containing some letters and great numbers of business documents, came to light
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Chapters focus on political history and ideas of the state; the change in religion; britain's overseas role; the economy and society; and the renaissance in cultural life in this periodin this book, a team of leading scholars consider these important transformations in the english monarchical polity, ranging widely to consider relations between the various parts of the isles throughout the sixteenth centurythe established churches of the british isles had broken away from the roman catholic europe and were now national, royal, and protestantthe book also includes a detailed chronology, maps, illustrations, and a guide to further reading to provide a full and dynamic picture of this significant era in british historyoxfam books & music beaconsfield this book surveys the transformation of the british isles in the sixteenth centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read morea little shelf wear to the cover but otherwise in very good conditionby the early seventeenth century, the london-based english government had developed and extended its effective authority over the north and wales, ireland was subjugated and colonised, the english and scottish crowns unitedat the start of the period, england was an effectively governed monarchy, its government regal but also consensualwith the english bible and shakespeare, english had reached the maturity of a potential world language, while the british peoples stood poised on the edge of a global expansionin europe, england was a significant trading partner, but its language unknownyet its authority was not easily enforced beyond the more developed south-east and midlands and it was exercised indirectly in wales and ireland, while scotland was an independent monarchy
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In the house of medici, christopher hibbert, author of the days of the french revolution, explores the lives and misdeeds of this remarkable familysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit shaped all of europe and controlled politics, scientists, artists and even popes for three hundred yearsoxfam bookshop cheltenham it was a dynasty with more wealth and power than the houses of windsor, kennedy, and rockefeller combinedchristopher hibbert, an oxford graduate, has written more than fifty books, including wellington: a personal history, london: the biography of a city, redcoats and rebels, and the destruction of lord raglanpatrons of the arts who helped make florence one of the great cultural centers of the renaissance, they were also power-hungry and reckless, ultimately losing everythingbankers turned nobility and de facto rulers, the medici family defined upward mobilityit was the house of medicihe lives with his family in henley-on-thames in oxfordshire, england
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreinternal pages are clean and unmarkedgrey marbled paper covered slipcase, a little wear to open corner tips it was later used by royal courts during the renaissance, and contributed to the increasingly brutal prosecution of witchcraft during the 16th and 17th centuriesbook bound in black cloth with metallic red and silver design on the front, title and silver design on the spine which is barely fadedoxfam shop horsham an english translation of the best known treatise on witchcraftit was written by the catholic clergyman heinrich kramer and first published in the german city of speyer in
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Oxfam shop kendal all ten episodes from the second season of the drama series starring jeremy irons as rodrigo borgia, the head of the powerful family that dominated italy during the renaissancein this season, rodrigo makes new allies and must defend his papacy with the help of his son, cesare (françois arnaud), though conflicts within the family add more strain to his already precarious situationthe episodes are: 'the borgia bull', 'paolo', 'the beautiful deception', 'stray dogs', 'the choice', 'day of ashes', 'the siege at forli', 'truth and lies', 'world of wonders' and 'the confession'see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop kendal the first season of the drama series starring jeremy irons as rodrigo borgia, the head of the powerful family that dominated italy in the renaissancewhen the borgia family use their influence to gain rodrigo, the rising power within the family, the position of pope, perhaps even they are unprepared for the manner in which their relative will abuse his positionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrançois arnaud, holliday grainger and lotte verbeek co-staras pope alexander vi, rodrigo sets about using his power to ruthlessly increase the family's wealth and status, while committing almost every sin imaginable
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Pliny himself died while investigating the volcanic eruption that destroyed pompeii in ad 79, and the natural curiosity that brought about his death is also very much evident in the natural history - a book that proved highly influential right up until the renaissance and that his nephew, pliny the younger, described 'as full of variety as nature itself'this copy has slightly foxed page edges and reading creases to the spine, slight foxing to first page, but otherwise very good internallysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop kingsbridge pliny's natural history is an astonishingly ambitious work that ranges from astronomy to art and from geography to zoologymingling acute observation with often wild speculation, it offers a fascinating view of the world as it was understood in the first century ad, whether describing the danger of diving for sponges, the first water-clock, or the use of asses' milk to remove wrinkles
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About a quarter are greco-roman; nearly two-thirds of the rest are late antique, mostly limestone carvings from early byzantine egyptcatalogue of the sculpture in the dumbarton oaks collection from the ptolemaic period to the renaissance, hardcover by vikan, gary, isbn , isbn-13 , brand new, free shipping in the us these sculptures reflect the blisses’ wide-ranging tastes and extraordinary connoisseurshipsculpture from the middle byzantine period is very rare, making the four pieces in this collection especially significant
99 €
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All illustrations in black and whiteto be collected in person offercontents include;- the discovery of europe;- the countries of europe;- the divisions of europe etcthis first edition book by john hale () is in good condition
10 €