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Julius II: The Warrior Pope Christine Shaw, recommended by MMc http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
The Scholar In His Study: Ownership and Experience in Renaissance Italy Dora Thornton, recommended by MMc http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19...
Um, hello all! For February's book challenge I read The Life of Bernini by Filippo Baldinuccihttp://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15...
I read your review, Rebecca. You stated that the author obviously had a love for Bernini which was evident in his writing. I think that makes a book more real, biased maybe, but real. Thank you for sharing! I really love Bernini's work. It seems that artistically, he made Rome!Are you planning on joining us for the March book read? If so, we would love to know which book you chose!
Hi Rebecca!Since you love Bernini, save a day when you get to Rome for the Galleria Borghese, You'll be glad you did! http://www.galleriaborghese.it/borghe...
Happy trails,
Monia
@ Heather - The fact he was biased actually bothered another person I know who read the book, but I agree with you. There was more passion in the author's voice, so it made it a much more intresting read. And yes, I look forward to reading a book for March!@ Monica - Thank you so much, that looks absolutely beautiful! A real treat for an art lover!
Back again! Um, so, hello... For March I will be reading:http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/72...
We'll see how it goes!
Why? Why is one small painting of a woman so important? Cause she's Leonardo!Seriously, Rebecca, I want to know what you learn. I'm so frustrated I can't focus on my little batch of books and read so slow I won't be picking up any art history for a while. A huge portion of m life was spent reading art history so it's not in the cards for now.
I will very happily pass on what I learn, :)
Dutch Painting, though it doesn't quite qualify as Renaissance:http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/71...
No no:-) AC not here...make a new folder!:-)
Rebecca I'm almost an idiot sauvant when it comes to Renaissance, more precisely, Mannerist art. If Jeopardy had that category I'd probably do OK.
Technically Bernini is not a Renaissance artist. But we're not at Harvard.The Renaissance came after much of the population was wiped out by a plague, so there was an abundance of 20 - 40 year olds enjoying the fact they made it out alive.
LOL -- I like that! It often is the simplest thing that defines a life...!
I have a book from a college art history class I took on the northern renaissance, it is a fantastic compendium, still use it as reference to this day:http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39...
I enjoy a lot of the italian renaissance painters, but I prefer the flemish painters of that era. Thought their style was tighter, a bit more surreal, very clean and detailed.
i am new to the group but for March I am reading:http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28...
so far i love it!
@Renee. I really loved that one too. Hoping to start In the Company of the Courtesan soon. (Also by Dunant.)
I'm looking forward to your review, Ed. I already had it on my list and hope to get to it sooner rather than later. It looks really good!
I see you're already reading it Ed. I'd have recommended this instead, but you've already started.Julius II: The Warrior Pope by Christine Shaw
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
Monica wrote: "I see you're already reading it Ed. I'd have recommended this instead, but you've already started.Julius II: The Warrior Pope by Christine Shaw
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21..."
Well, Julius is quite a character, indomitable choleric and daft.
I'm not sure how daft you could have been and end up a Pope during the Renaissance.
Ed said: "Well, Julius is quite a character, indomitable choleric and daft."Hmmmm. Sounds like an interesting character, one I would enjoy reading about. Thanks, Ed.
John said: "I'm not sure how daft you could have been and end up a Pope during the Renaissance."
I happen to agree.
Daft is not an adjective I'd associate with Julius II.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/73...