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Marcel Brion

    November 21, 1895 – October 23, 1984

    Marcel Brion was a French essayist, literary critic, novelist, and historian. His extensive body of work spans historical biographies, examinations of Italian and German art, and later, novels. Brion was renowned for his profound literary analyses and insightful perspectives on art and history. His style is characterized by precision and a rich vocabulary, enabling him to deeply engage readers with the subjects he explored.

    Marcel Brion
    La vie des Huns
    Pompeii and Herculaneum
    Chagall
    Cézanne
    Pompeii and Hercvlanevm : The Glory and the Grief
    The Medici
    • The Medici

      A Great Florentine Family

      • 216 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      Bankers, masters of Florence, popes, humanists, and patrons, the Medici embodied the Italian Renaissance. From the 14th to the 18th century, they were major players on the European political chessboard. From Cosimo the Elder to Lorenzo the Magnificent and Cosimo I, the first Grand Duke of Tuscany, the rise of the Medici was exceptional: they married their daughters to kings, lent money to monarchs, became popes, and were at the heart of the major social, cultural, and political currents of their time. Kings without crowns, they were the masters of the Republic of Florence. By encouraging and funding emerging geniuses, the Tuscan Renaissance shone with magnificent brilliance thanks to them. From Dante's Florence to the eve of the French Revolution, Marcel Brion brings to life the fascinating destinies of this captivating lineage.

      The Medici
      4.0
    • Cézanne

      • 94 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      Cezanne's was a dedicated and a heroic life, in the strongest sense of the term.The path of his life is recorded in his works, for those works were it's sole purpose.If ever a man lived only in order to paint, that man was Paul Cezanne.

      Cézanne
    • La vie des Huns

      • 297 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      Les Huns rassemblent des peuples asiatiques turco-mongols dont on ne connaît, en général, que la branche occidentale à laquelle Attila a donné ses lettres de noblesse. Ce livre retrace leur histoire et expose les raisons qui leur ont fait quitter les plaines chinoises pour envahir l'Europe. Défilent ainsi quelques grands chefs, comme Teou-Man ou Kiuntchin, qui n'ont cessé de guerroyer contre la Chine, d'abord avec succès, avant d'être vaincus.Tous, comme Attila, le dernier d'entre eux puisque son empire ne survivra pas à sa mort en 453, sont des princes pillards continûment en train de mettre sur pied une organisation territoriale qui ne résiste jamais aux dissensions internes. Plus que l'histoire d'un peuple, la biographie d'un peuple vu comme un personnage.

      La vie des Huns
      4.5
    • Tan estimado 250 años después de su nacimiento como lo fue en el apogeo de su carrera musical, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart fue un hombre transformado por su música, una música que ha influido en innumerables compositores a lo largo de los siglos posteriores a su obra. A través de documentos primarios y un estudio en profundidad de su canon compositivo, este autor erudito ha elaborado una biografía cautivadora del compositor e intérprete de Salzburgo, así como un retrato enriquecedor del contexto histórico y social en el que Mozart desarrolló sus talentos musicales.

      Mozart
      3.8
    • Die Stadt im Sand

      • 174 pages
      • 7 hours of reading

      Un arheolog, plecat în căutarea unor fresce maniheene în ținuturile Asiei Centrale, asistă la miracolul revenirii la viață a unui oraș străvechi. Atunci, un impuls misterios îl face să participe la viața tumultoasă a cetății. În oraș, noii prieteni ai arheologului - negustorul de pietre prețioase, Mama Semnelor, povestitorul... - îi oferă, fiecare dintre ei, elementele unei adevărate inițieri. Prin ei accede la enigmele familiare vechiului Orient, cărora Europa le-a uitat de mult soluția. Într-o zi, orașul dispare din nou sub o furtună de nisip și omul din zilele noastre se trezește singur în pustiu. A trăit cu adevărat această aventură extraordinară? A visat? Nu are importanță. El este acum un om care a văzut, un om care știe...

      Die Stadt im Sand
      3.4
    • Dürer

      Der Mensch und sein Werk

      Dürer
    • Die Medici

      • 215 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      Die Eine Florentiner Familie [The A Florentine Family] in GERMAN. Text in GERMAN. Contains 192 pages plus photo inserts in both color and black and white.

      Die Medici
    • Miguel Ángel o la creación

      • 309 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      Barcelona. 26 cm. 309 p., [16] p. de lám. Encuadernación en tapa dura de editorial con sobrecubierta ilustrada. Brion, Marcel 1895-1984. Traducción, Carlos Gómez González. Biografía e historia. Índice. Traducción de: Michel-Ange. Michelangelo. 1475-1564. Biografías .. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y señales de su anterior propietario. ISBN: 8466613927

      Miguel Ángel o la creación