Analyzes the most important people, places, and concepts of the early Renaissance period, whose explosion of creativity was to spread throughout Europe in the 16th century. In this book, important facts are called out in the margins of each entry, and key elements are pointed out on each illustration.
In a country teetering on the brink of civil war, two young people meet--sensual, fiercely independent Nadia and gentle, restrained Saeed. They embark on a furtive love affair, thrust into premature intimacy by the unrest roiling their city. When it explodes, turning familiar streets into a patchwork of checkpoints and bomb blasts, they begin to hear whispers about doors--doors that can whisk people far away, if perilously and for a price. As violence and the threat of violence escalate, Nadia and Saeed decide that they no longer have a choice. Leaving their homeland and their old lives behind, they find a door and step through.
From the bestselling author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers and Lanny, Shy is a novel about guilt, rage, imagination and boyhood. It is about being lost in the dark, and realising you are not alone.'Max Porter is one of my favourite writers in the world.' George Saunders 'Beautiful and haunting.' Kevin Barry 'The strangest, mo[Bokinfo].
For Pip, swimming is a necessity. With a hopeless mother, a drug-addled sister and a best friend more interested in her own love-life than in friendship, swimming provides a welcome escape. Swimming is a novel about growing up, about talent, and about having what it takes to survive.
Seven years ago, Vivek 'Vicky' Rai, the playboy son of the Home Minister of Uttar Pradesh, murdered Ruby Gill at a trendy restaurant in New Delhi simply because she refused to serve him a drink. Now Vicky Rai is dead, killed at his farmhouse at a party he had thrown to celebrate his acquittal. The police search each and every guest. Six of them are discovered with guns in their possession and are taken in for questioning.' 'In this elaborate murder mystery we join Arun Advani, India's best-known investigative journalist, as the lives of these six suspects unravel before our eyes: a corrupt bureaucrat; an American tourist; a stone-age tribesman; a Bollywood sex symbol; a mobile phone thief; and an ambitious politician. Each is equally likely to have pulled the trigger.' 'Both a page turner and a richly textured tale of human frailties and emotions, Vikas Swarup's eagerly awaited second offering is astutely plotted, with a panoramic, imaginative sweep.
From the twice Booker-shortlisted author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Exit West , a story of love, loss, and rediscovery in a time of unsettling changeOne morning, Anders wakes to find that his skin has turned dark, his reflection a stranger to him. At first he tells only Oona, an old friend, newly a lover.Soon, reports of similar occurrences surface across the land. Some see in the transformations the long-dreaded overturning of an established order, to be resisted to a bitter end. In many, like Anders's father and Oona's mother, a sense of profound loss wars with profound love.As the bond between Anders and Oona deepens, change takes on a different a chance to see one another, face to face, anew.'A transformative tale . . . compellingly readable and strangely musical' Guardian'With this big-hearted novel of ideas, Mohsin Hamid confronts challenging truths with insight, wisdom, and - above all else - limitless compassion' Tayari Jones, An American Marriage
Kunstenaars en scholen, onderwerpen en technieken
In de zestiende eeuw verspreidden de humanistische waarden en de bewondering voor de klassieke oudheid, die het begin van de renaissance kenmerkten, zich vanuit Italië over de rest van het continent. Dit leidde tot de ontwikkeling van verschillende lokale artistieke stijlen in andere landen. Kunstenaars werden in deze periode hoog gewaardeerd en goed betaald, met velen die lucratieve opdrachten ontvingen van pauselijke, koninklijke en particuliere opdrachtgevers. Onder de zestig kunstenaars wiens werken in deze uitgave worden gepresenteerd, bevinden zich grote namen uit de westerse kunst zoals Michelangelo, Raphael, El Greco en Titian. Venetiaanse schilders waren toonaangevend, aangezien olie op doek het fresco als het populairste medium verving. Italiaanse maniëristen, zoals Pontormo, weekten af van klassieke vormen en creëerden figuren met verlengde proporties en overdreven poses. In landen die de protestantse reformatie doormaakten, zoals Engeland, keerden veel kunstenaars zich tot portretkunst en andere wereldlijke onderwerpen. Dit tweede deel in de serie Kunst door de Eeuwen is verdeeld in drie secties die de belangrijke mensen, concepten en artistieke centra van deze innovatieve periode bespreken. Belangrijke feiten worden samengevat in de marges van elke bijdrage, en belangrijke aspecten van de illustraties worden geïdentificeerd en besproken.
