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Florence: The Paintings & Frescoes, 1250-1743

Ross King

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Description for Florence: The Paintings & Frescoes, 1250-1743 Hardback. This is the most comprehensive book on the paintings and frescoes of Florence ever undertaken, with more than 2,000 beautifully reproduced artworks from the city's great museums and churches-produced in the same manner as BD&L's The Louvre and The Vatican. Num Pages: 708 pages, Illustrated throughout. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND; ACQ; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 285 x 69. Weight in Grams: 4194.
Every painted work that is on display in the Uffizi Gallery, The Pitti Palace, the Accademia, and the Duomo is included in the book, plus many or most of the works from 28 of the city's other magnificent museums and churches. The research and text are by Ross King (best-selling author), Anja Grebe (author or The Louvre and The Vatican), Cristina Acidini (former Superintendent of the public museums of Florence) and Msgr. Timothy Verdon (Director of the artworks for the Archdiocese of Florence).

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Publisher

Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc

Format

Hardback

Publication date

2015

Condition

New

Weight

4173g

Number of Pages

696

Place of Publication

New York, United States

ISBN

9781631910012

SKU

V9781631910012

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99-50

About Ross King

Ross King is the author of the bestselling Brunelleschi's Dome and Michelangelo & the Pope's Ceiling, as well as the novels Ex-Libris and Domino. He lives in England, near Oxford. Anja Grebe teaches art history at the University of Erlangen- Nuremberg/Germany. She is taking part in numerous international research projects and exhibitions and has published extensively on medieval and ... Read more

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The next best thing to a Tuscan sightseeing trip is a tour through the pages of Florence: The Paintings & Frescoes, 1250-1743.. .which opens the doors of the Uffizi, the Accademia, the Duomo and countless Florentine churches to the armchair traveler.
Newsday You needn't travel to Florence to tour the masterpieces created by some of the world's greatest ... Read moreartists. Florence: The Paintings & Frescoes: 1250 to 1743 by Ross King and Anja Grebe brings more than 2,000 images of them to you, along with a comprehensive guide
The Sacramento Bee .. .an art lover's dream come true
a collection of nearly 2,000 images that includes every painting and fresco on display in the Uffizi, the Galleria Palatina of the Pitti Palace, the Accademia and the Duomo, and works from 28 additional museums and churches....It's fascinating to see these treasures of the Western world collected in one volume, with page after page of magnificence, including the works of Uccello, da Vinci, Correggio, Titian, Michelangelo and more. You won't have a better tour unless you visit the city itself
and even then, reading this book first would be worthwhile.
BookPage The paintings and frescoes of the birthplace of the Renaissance get a lavish, full-color treatment in this new book from Canadian historian and novelist Ross King, whose previous work includes Brunelleschi's Dome: The Story of the Great Cathedral in Florence... .If you're looking for a gorgeous coffee-table book, this one is hard to beat.
Austin American-Statesman For 800 years Florence, Italy, has been a sacred city whose very walls breathe beauty. In vivid essays and more than 2,000 lush images, this glorious book covers the great collections of the Uffizi, the Pitti Palace, the Accademia and the Duomo, plus key works in 28 of the city's additional museums and churches. The lively text explains Florentine politics, patronage, street life, banking, international trade and the effect of its wars, plagues and religious squabbles. Fascinating.
Star Tribune ...an art lover's dream come true
a collection of nearly 2,000 images that includes every painting and fresco on display in the Uffizi, the Galleria Palatina of the Pitti Palace, the Accademia and the Duomo, and works from 28 additional museums and churches. Arranged chronologically, the masterpieces are accompanied by seven comprehensive essays by art historian Ross King, as well as shorter discussions by art history professor Anja Grebe of the University of Freiburg in Germany. It's fascinating to see these treasures of the Western world collected in one volume, with page after page of magnificence, including the works of Uccello, da Vinci, Correggio, Titian, Michelangelo and more. You won't have a better tour unless you visit the city itself
and even then, reading this book first would be worthwhile. BookPage Show Less

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