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Mona Lisa : the people and the painting / by Martin Kemp & Giuseppe Pallanti.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017Edition: First editionDescription: xiii, 272 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits (some color), genealogical table ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780198749905
  • 0198749902
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 759.5 23
LOC classification:
  • ND623.L5 A7 2017
Contents:
Introduction -- Old Gentry and New Money -- Francesco and Lisa: Family and Finance -- Francesco and Lisa: Patronage and Legacy -- Coming Together: Ser Piero, the Merchant, and the Friars -- A Child from Vinci -- Renaissance Records -- The Rise to Fame -- Portrait to Poetry: The Dolce stil nuovo -- Painter and Poets -- The Universal Picture -- Close Observation: Science Intervenes -- A Compact Conclusion.
Summary: "The true story of the Mona Lisa - the people behind it, how Leonardo painted it and what it meant to him, and its fortunes in the centuries since. Read this book and the world's most famous image will never look the same again."--Cover page [4].
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks ND623.L5 A7 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001451524

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Old Gentry and New Money -- Francesco and Lisa: Family and Finance -- Francesco and Lisa: Patronage and Legacy -- Coming Together: Ser Piero, the Merchant, and the Friars -- A Child from Vinci -- Renaissance Records -- The Rise to Fame -- Portrait to Poetry: The Dolce stil nuovo -- Painter and Poets -- The Universal Picture -- Close Observation: Science Intervenes -- A Compact Conclusion.

"The true story of the Mona Lisa - the people behind it, how Leonardo painted it and what it meant to him, and its fortunes in the centuries since. Read this book and the world's most famous image will never look the same again."--Cover page [4].

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