Hersilias Sisters

Author : Norman Bryson
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 1606067710
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hersilia's Sisters written by Norman Bryson and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2023-07-25 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political and cultural history and the arts combine in this engaging account of 1790s France. In 1799, when the French artist Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825) exhibited his Intervention of the Sabines, a history painting featuring the ancient heroine Hersilia, he added portraits of two contemporary women on either side of her—Henriette de Verninac, daughter of Charles-François Delacroix, minister of foreign affairs, and Juliette Récamier, a well-known and admired socialite. Drawing on many disciplines, Norman Bryson explains how such a combination of paintings could reveal the underlying nature of the Directoire, the period between the vicious and near-dictatorial Reign of Terror (1793–94) and the coup in 1799 that brought Napoleon to power. Hersilia’s Sisters illuminates ways that cultural life and civil society were rebuilt during these years through an extraordinary efflorescence of women pioneers in every cultural domain—literature, the stage, opera, moral philosophy, political theory, painting, popular journalism, and fashion. Through a close examination of David’s work between The Intervention of the Sabines (begun in 1796) and Bonaparte Crossing the Alps (begun in 1800), Bryson explores how the flowering of women’s culture under the Directoire became a decisive influence on David’s art. With more than 150 illustrations, this book provides new and brilliant insight into this period that will captivate readers.

Author : Debra May Macleod
Publisher : Debra May Macleod
ISBN 13 : 1990640044
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tarpeia written by Debra May Macleod and published by Debra May Macleod. This book was released on with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bold retelling of the legend of Tarpeia, a priestess destined to be swept up in the danger of Rome’s earliest days, and whose name would give rise to Rome’s most dreaded site—the Tarpeian Rock. It is 753 BCE and the new city of Rome exists on the edge of a knife. The young King Romulus reels from the loss of his mother’s counsel, turning to his father—Mars, the god of war—and his city’s new chief Vestal, Tarpeia, to fill the void. The city is constantly at war. As bad, it is a city of men, set to die out within a generation. Thus, the knife slips, setting into motion an infamous crime that will entangle Tarpeia and resound throughout Latium and beyond, pitting Rome against its enemies and allies alike, and showing the settlement by the Tiber, and its young king, what it will ultimately take to rule the world. TARPEIA is the second novel in The First Vestals of Rome, an epic trilogy about the founding Vestal Virgins of ancient Rome. ​​​​​​​About The First Vestals of Rome Trilogy Set in the 8th century BCE, The First Vestals of Rome is an action-packed trilogy that dramatizes the sensational, often perilous lives of three legendary women who gave rise to Rome’s powerful order of Vestal Virgins. All of them central to the life of Romulus, Rome’s founder, these tectonic women were fated to shape the history of the Eternal City as much as any Caesar who came after them.

Author : Robert Howard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 606 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sir Robert Howard's Comedy "The Committee" written by Robert Howard and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George Tobias Flom
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Language of the Konungs Skuggsjá (Speculum Regale) written by George Tobias Flom and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book University of Illinois Studies in Language and Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sir Robert Howard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sir Robert Howard's Comedy, "The Committee" written by Sir Robert Howard and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Georg Ebers
Publisher : Litres
ISBN 13 : 5041786755
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sisters. Volume 1 written by Georg Ebers and published by Litres. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Elaine Hussey
Publisher : MIRA
ISBN 13 : 0778316432
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oleander Sisters written by Elaine Hussey and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In 1969, the first footsteps on the moon brighten America with possibilities. But along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, a category five storm is brewing, and the Blake sisters of Biloxi are restless for change. Beth 'sis' Blake has always been the caretaker, the dutiful one, with the weight of her family's happiness-and their secrets-on her shoulders. She dreams of taking off to pursue her own destiny, but not before doing whatever it takes to rescue her sister. Emily Blake, an unwed mother trying to live down her past, wants the security of marriage for the sake of her five-year-old son, Andy. But secure is the last thing she feels with her new husband. Now she must put aside pride, and trust family to help her find the courage to escape."--Page 4 of cover.

Author : Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Goethe's Works written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 488 pages
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Download or read book Wilhelm Meister's Travels written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: