Wisdom and Strength: The Biography of a Renaissance Masterpiece

by PeterWatson (Author), PeterWatson (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1990

  $24.23

  Paulo Veronese's Allegory of Wisdom and Strength is one of the world's most distinguished old masterworks, acclaimed both for its technical virtuosity and its incredible journey through history. During more than four centuries it has been a silent witness to great political dramas - war, abdication, revolution and attempted assassination; the personal tragedies of emperors, queens, the royal dukes of France and the corrupt cardinals of Italy; and it has belonged to some of the greatest collectors in history. Today it hangs among the Reynolds, Rembrandts and Renoirs of the Frick collection on New York's Fifth Avenue. A truly timeless work of art, Wisdom and Strength has been looted, smuggled, praised by poets; it has presided over the Regent of France's notorious orgies in 18th century Paris.

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  Hardcover
  1990

  $3.27

  The frigate, in its classical wooden sailing-ship form, was a fast scouting cruiser - the eyes of the fleet , in Nelson's words. But the frigate was something much more that a mere scout - it was a true fighting ship, lightly built but heavily-gunned for its size, designed for every naval task short of taking part in the great set-pieces between battleships. The author examines the frigate's evolution, the men who sailed in them and the most famous single-ship actions.