Ross King
Ross King is the author of the bestselling Brunelleschi's Dome and Michelangelo & the Pope's Ceiling, as well as the novels Ex-Libris and Domino. He lives in England, near Oxford.
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Ross King is the author of the bestselling Brunelleschi's Dome and Michelangelo & the Pope's Ceiling, as well as the novels Ex-Libris and Domino. He lives in England, near Oxford.
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Birth date: July 16, 1962
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Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling is another very good work of art history from Ross King. It covers in most detail the years 1505, when Michelangelo was called to Rome from Florence by Pope Julius II to make his tomb, to 1512, when he finished the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. It also takes a ...
This book has much more story than Monet. It centers around him, his work, his family his struggles, but it cover so much more. The first world war is prominent from the early whispers of war to the horrible realities of it. Monet, his famous artist friends, journalists, politicians and the communit...
An interesting biography of Filippo Brunelleschi, including the design and construction of the Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral in Florence, as well as the design and building of some pretty impressive construction machinery. The book could have done with more architectural diagrams and explanations...
bookshelves: radio-4, nonfiction, summer-2012, art-forms, published-2012, history Recommended for: Laura, Carey and all Radio listeners Read from August 25 to September 01, 2012 ** spoiler alert ** Book of the Week. Listen here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/...blurb - Leonardo and the La...
I had high expectation with this book, since I enjoyed [b:Brunelleschi's Dome|148821|Brunelleschi's Dome How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture|Ross King|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1309288056s/148821.jpg|515240] and [b:The Judgment of Paris|56912|The Judgment of Paris The Revolutionary...