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Leonardo, Mona Lisa
Presents a critical look at Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa," focusing on the mysteries surrounding the painting, including who the woman in the portrait is and why the painting was unfinished.
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- 9788866480860
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- 80 hlm., 22 cm
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- Art Mysteries
- Call Number
- 702 Car
Velazquez's Las Meninas
Las Meninas by Velázquez, held by the Prado in Madrid, is one of the most celebrated paintings of all time. It was executed in the Spanish capital in 1656 and depicts the Infanta Margaret Theresa of Habsburg attended by her maids of honour (meninas) and in the company of Velázquez himself, portrayed at work.
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- 9788866480556
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- 80 hlm., 22 cm
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- Art Mysteries
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- 702 Car
Piero Della Francesca: The Montefeltro Altarpiece
The sublime synthesis of Piero della Francesca's art, the Montefeltro Altarpiece, now in the Pinacoteca di Brera, is one of the most famous works dating from the painter's maturity. It was executed in the refined context of the Urbino court, probably to be placed above Duke Federico da Montefeltro's tomb in the Church of San Bernardino. Napoleon's soldiers took it to Milan in 1811, and since th…
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- 9788866480891
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- 80 hlm., 22 cm
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- Art Mysteries
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- 702 Car
Raphael: The School of Athens
The fresco The School of Athens in the Vatican stages a scene with 58 characters, among whom, grouped around the central figures, Plato and Aristotle, the ancient world's most famous thinkers can be identified. Raphael masterfully synthesizes the history of thought and human wisdom, not only in the space he creates (a virtual temple of philosophy", humanistically speaking), but also in time, le…
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- 9788866481218
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- 80 hlm., 22 cm
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- Art Mysteries
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- 702 Car
Veronese: The Wedding at Cana
Inspired by the story of Christ's first miracle as recounted in the Gospel of St. John, Paolo Veronese's dazzling, monumental painting The Wedding at Cana, held at the Louvre, was commissioned to be hung in the refectory of the Benedictine monastery of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice. The artist stages a sumptuous banquet for the wedding guests at Cana, packed with intriguing details: a seemingl…
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- 9788866480969
- Collation
- 80 hlm., 22 cm
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- Art Mysteries
- Call Number
- 702 Car
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