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A chronological narrative of England's history and development during the Italian Renaissance that explores how each country's cultural history was influenced by the other during the time period.

"He was history's most creative genius. What secrets can he teach us? The [bestselling biographer] brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography. Drawing on thousands of pages from Leonardo's astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson weaves a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo's genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity, careful observation, and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy. His creativity, like that of other great innovators, came from standing at the intersection of the humanities and technology. He peeled flesh off the faces of cadavers, drew the muscles that move the lips, and then painted history's most memorable smile on the Mona Lisa. He explored the math of optics, showed how light rays strike the cornea, and produced illusions of changing perspectives in The Last Supper. Isaacson also describes how Leonardo's lifelong enthusiasm for staging theatrical productions informed his paintings and inventions. His ability to combine art and science, made iconic by his drawing of what may be himself inside a circle and a square, remains the enduring recipe for innovation. His life should remind us of the importance of instilling, both in ourselves and our children, not just received knowledge but a willingness to question it--to be imaginative and, like talented misfits and rebels in any era, to think different."--Jacket.

An awakening, a rebirth called the Renaissance, changed Europe and the world from the 14th to the 16th century. The movement influenced all parts of society-art, science, architecture, literature, religion, politics, economics, and philosophy. Florence, Italy, the birthplace of the Renaissance, thrived in its dynamic climate. Like most of the poor, this movement did not affect Antonia. She still roamed the streets barefoot with other kids begging for bread. However, things changed when she became a servant in the palace of the Medici, the most powerful family in the region. Let's travel back to 15th-century Florence and visit Antonia who is anxious to tell about her life and Renaissance Italy.

Presents an introduction to the life and career of artist, scientist, and inventor Leonardo da Vinci.

Looks at the life and career of fifteenth-century sculptor and painter Michelangelo.

"Describes the life and accomplishments of the greatest thinker of the Renaissance, detailing his art works, his inventions, and his legacy."--OCLC.

Recounts the legend of Befana, whose household chores kept her from finding the Baby King and cause her to fly across the sky on Twelfth Night, leaving the sleeping children gifts to celebrate the Feast of the Three Kings.

Author Strathern describes the modest origins of the famous Medici family, their rise to power in Florence during the Italian Renaissance, and the artists and scientists they helped to flourish. Also profiles the lives of Medici family members like Giovanni, the banker and patriarch of the family; Cosimo, the erudite politician and art patron; flamboyant Lorenzo and his clash with Savonarola; and the ladies of the Medici family, like Catherine, who became Queen of France.

A brief biography of the life and travels of thirteenth-century explorer, Marco Polo.

Presents a two-in-one experimental novel about death, gender, morality, and art. In the first half of the book, a teen named Georgia struggles with the death of her mother, a feminist art critic obsessed with fifteenth-century Italian artist Francesco del Cossa. In the other half of the novel, the spirit of del Cossa observes twentieth-century Britain and remembers her own life disguised as a boy in order to practice her art.