Deacute;cryptez lrsquo;art de Leacute;onard de Vinci en moins drsquo;une heure !Geacute;nie parmi les geacute;nies; Leacute;onard de Vinci est une figure-cleacute; de la Renaissance italienne; eacute;poque assoiffeacute;e de connaissances : il exerce son talent dans tous les domaines; de lrsquo;architecture agrave; lrsquo;ingeacute;nierie; en passant par la sculpture et la botanique. Mais crsquo;est en art qursquo;il srsquo;illustre avec le plus de brio; se servant de ses observations et multipliant les croquis pour creacute;er des oelig;uvres surprenantes. En teacute;moigne leacute;nigmatique sourire de La Joconde qui fascine; encore aujourdhui; les foules du monde entier.Ce livre vous permettra drsquo;en savoir plus sur :- Le contexte politique et culturel dans lequel Leacute;onard de Vinci srsquo;inscrit- La vie de lartiste et son parcours- Les caracteacute;ristiques et speacute;cificiteacute;s de son art- Une seacute;lection drsquo;oelig;uvres-cleacute;s de Leacute;onard de Vinci- Son impact dans lrsquo;histoire de lrsquo;artLe mot de lrsquo;eacute;diteur :laquo; Dans ce numeacute;ro de la seacute;rie "50MINUTES | Artistes"; Tatiana Sgalbiero part sur les traces de Leacute;onard de Vinci; analysant les speacute;cificiteacute;s de sa peinture et les innovations techniques majeures dont il est lrsquo;auteur; notamment le ceacute;legrave;bre sfumato. Une large place est reacute;serveacute;e agrave; lrsquo;eacute;tude des plus grands chefs-drsquo;oelig;uvre du maicirc;tre : La Cegrave;ne; La Joconde ou encore La Vierge aux Rochers. Mais nous avons eacute;galement tenu agrave; insister sur son influence incommensurable; deacute;jagrave; de son vivant et encore aujourdrsquo;hui. raquo;Steacute;phanie FeltenAgrave; PROPOS DE LA SEacute;RIE 50MINUTES | ArtistesLa seacute;rie laquo; Artistes raquo; de la collection laquo; 50MINUTES raquo; aborde plus de cinquante artistes qui ont profondeacute;ment marqueacute; lrsquo;histoire de lrsquo;art; du Moyen Acirc;ge agrave; nos jours. Chaque livre a eacute;teacute; conccedil;u agrave; la fois pour les passionneacute;s drsquo;art et pour les amateurs curieux drsquo;en savoir davantage en peu de temps. Nos auteurs analysent avec preacute;cision les oelig;uvres des plus grands artistes tout en laissant place agrave; toutes les interpreacute;tations.
#2204182 in eBooks 2014-11-11 2014-11-11File Name: B00QQLH3J8
Review
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Ponderous narrativeBy karicI have lived and worked in Papua New Guinea on and off since 1978 and am very familiar with the customs; mores and cultures across this facinating country. I was looking forward to reading this novel; The Mountain; both from the perspective of the evolution of a country emerging from colonialism and from the point of view of a woman caught up in the romance and drama of an emerging and developing nation.I found the first chapters very ponderous and difficult to read as the story did not flow smoothly. I also felt that the depiction of the issues faced by the Papuans in the story were too romaticised and not believable in their representations of how they really felt about their interactions with western people; especially during the intra-independence years and even subsequently. While the main story line offered an insight into cross cultural love and family relationships and the consequences of such relationships and tugged at the heart strings in respect of the struggles faced by crossing cultures (especially the issues of infertility and cultural implications) it failed to to provide the expected climactic conclusion - it just seemed to peter out at the end. It was a pleasant journey with formulated highs and lows. I finished it without feeling and lingering sense of satisfaction or of knowing the characters very well.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. At times this book is difficult to scale.By IndirandaAlthough I have always enjoyed Modjeskas writing I found the characterisation in The Mountain difficult. Her main protagonist (Rika) is bland and very two dimensional. Modjeska gives us a little background information on her and then places her in PNG where she stays lifeless and difficult to understand. How can a married woman in the early 1970s accept an offer to go off walking with a young man on her first day in a new country? Naive? yes. Adventurous? Probably; but she is never portrayed as such.Modjeska writes about the movement toward Independence in PNG brilliantly and this kept me reading. She views it from different perspectives through her characters.The novel is in two parts: written from two different time periods and peoples perspectives. This break in the middle of the book also kept me reading as I wanted to see whether it got any better.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. BrilliantBy LynetteThis book is for a reader who enjoys a book with depth and insight into a subject. The book beautifully describes the cultural conflicts in Papua New Guinea during and post; independence. The modern world meeting the primitive artistic spiritual world.Modjesca tells the story through a developed portrait of several characters; indigenous people and the Europeans they become involved with; she is able to bring the characters to life and express the complex colorful spirit of the place and its people.I personally feel I have gained a greater knowledge and sympathy for the amazing indigenous peoples of PNG.
