Szerző Marina Wallace, Martin Kemp
The bestselling 30-Second... series takes a revolutionary approach to learning about those subjects you feel you should really understand. Each title selects a popular topic and dissects it into the 50 most significant ideas at its heart. Every idea,…
Living with Leonardo is a set of highly focused memoirs, a personal journey interwoven with historical research that encapsulates the author’s relationship with Leonardo da Vinci over more than half a century. We learn of his encounters with the vast…
Martin Kemp, described by The Times as `the world's leading authority on Leonardo', relates his fifty-year relationship with the most famous artist of all time.
From the lazy, fiddling grasshopper to the sneaky Big Bad Wolf, children's stories and fables enchant us with their portrayals of animals who act like people. But the comparisons run both ways, as metaphors, stories, and images - as well as scientific…
A mű egy olyan asszony életét mutatja be regényesen, fordulatokkal gazdagon, aki a világtörténelmet a háttérből alakította, akinek köszönhetően Európa két világformáló uralkodót is kapott. Fiát, Nagy Károlyt úgy emlegetik a mai történelemkönyvek, mint…
Leonardo da Vinci nás ani po půl tisíciletí nepřestává přitahovat a inspirovat. Výjimečný vhled do života tohoto vpravdě renesančního muže poodhaluje „skutečný“ smysl skrytý v tak mistrovských dílech, jakými jsou Mona Lisa či Poslední večeře. Sleduje…