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Kings and Connoisseurs

Author : Jonathan Brown
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691252858
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book Kings and Connoisseurs written by Jonathan Brown and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2023-08-15 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vivid and exciting account of royal collectors, art dealers, connoisseurs, and the rise of old master paintings Old master paintings are among the most valuable and prestigious of the visual arts, and the best examples command the highest prices of any luxury commodity. In Kings and Connoisseurs, Jonathan Brown tells the story of how painting rose to this exalted status. The transformation of painting from an inexpensive to a costly art form reached a crucial stage in the royal courts of Europe in the seventeenth century, where rulers and aristocrats assembled huge collections, often in short periods of time. By comparing collecting and collectors at these courts, Brown explains the formation of new attitudes toward pictures, as well as the mechanisms that supported the enterprise of collecting, including the emergence of the art dealer, the development of connoisseurship, and the publication of sumptuous picture books of various collections. The result is an exciting narrative of greed and passion, played out against a background of international politics and intrigue.

The Culture of Diplomacy

Author : Jennifer Mori
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1847797792
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (477 download)

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Download or read book The Culture of Diplomacy written by Jennifer Mori and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-19 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is not a traditional international relations text that deals with war, trade or power politics. Instead, this book offers an authoritative analysis of the social, cultural and intellectual aspects of diplomatic life in the age of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. It authoritatively illustrates several modes of Britain’s engagement with Europe, whether political, artistic, scientific, literary or cultural. Mori consults an impressively wide range of sources for this study including the private and official papers of 50 men and women in the British diplomatic service. Attention is given to topics rarely covered in diplomatic history such as the work and experiences of women and issues of national, regional and European identity This book will be essential reading for students and lecturers of the history of International Relations and will offer a fascinating insight in to the world of diplomatic relations to all those with an interest in British and European history.

A Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives

Author : Gary M. Bell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521551540
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book A Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives written by Gary M. Bell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Number 16 in the Royal Society Guides and Handbooks series.

Diplomatic Ties

Author : Anna Novakov
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 110557721X
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book Diplomatic Ties written by Anna Novakov and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-03-02 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "By the end of World War II, Beljanski had amassed the most extensive collection of Serbian modernist art.... This study examines a quarter of the collection: forty-six objects by seven female artists." -- p. [13].

The Refugee-Diplomat

Author : Diego Pirillo
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501715321
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Refugee-Diplomat written by Diego Pirillo and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-12-15 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The establishment of permanent embassies in fifteenth-century Italy has traditionally been regarded as the moment of transition between medieval and modern diplomacy. In The Refugee-Diplomat, Diego Pirillo offers an alternative history of early modern diplomacy, centered not on states and their official representatives but around the figure of "the refugee-diplomat" and, more specifically, Italian religious dissidents who forged ties with English and northern European Protestants in the hope of inspiring an Italian Reformation. Pirillo reconsiders how diplomacy worked, not only within but also outside of formal state channels, through underground networks of individuals who were able to move across confessional and linguistic borders, often adapting their own identities to the changing political conditions they encountered. Through a trove of diplomatic and mercantile letters, inquisitorial records, literary texts, marginalia, and visual material, The Refugee-Diplomat recovers the agency of religious refugees in international affairs, revealing their profound impact on the emergence of early modern diplomatic culture and practice.

The English Virtuoso

Author : Craig A. Hanson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226315878
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book The English Virtuoso written by Craig A. Hanson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2009-05-15 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study aims to overturn 20th-century criticism that cast the English virtuosi of the 17th and early 18th centuries as misguided dabblers, arguing that they were erudite individuals with solid grounding in the classics, deep appreciation for the arts and sincere curiosity about the natural world.

Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Hearts

Author : Nadine Akkerman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192654640
Total Pages : 614 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (926 download)

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Download or read book Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Hearts written by Nadine Akkerman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-11-25 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dazzling new biography of one of history's most misunderstood queens Elizabeth Stuart is one the most misrepresented - and underestimated - figures of the seventeenth century. Labelled a spendthrift more interested in the theatre and her pet monkeys than politics or her children, and long pitied as 'The Winter Queen', the direct ancestor of Elizabeth II was widely misunderstood. Nadine Akkerman's biography reveals an altogether different woman, painting a vivid picture of a queen forged in the white heat of European conflict. Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of James VI and I, was married to Frederick V, Elector Palatine in 1613. The couple were crowned King and Queen of Bohemia in 1619, only to be deposed and exiled to the Dutch Republic in 1620. Elizabeth then found herself at the epicentre of the Thirty Years' War and the Civil Wars, political and military struggles that defined seventeenth-century Europe. Following her husband's death in 1632, Elizabeth fostered a cult of widowhood, dressing herself and her apartments in black, and conducted a long and fierce political campaign to regain her children's birthright - by force, if possible - wielding her pen with the same deft precision with which she once speared boars from horseback. Through deep immersion in the archives and masterful detective work, Akkerman overturns the received view of Elizabeth Stuart, showing her to be a patron of the arts and canny stateswoman with a sharp wit and a long memory. On returning to England in 1661, Elizabeth Stuart found a country whose people still considered her their 'Queen of Hearts'. Akkerman's biography reveals the impact Elizabeth Stuart had on both England and Europe, demonstrating that she was more than just the grandmother of George I.

A Royal Experiment

Author : Janice Hadlow
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 0805096574
Total Pages : 706 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book A Royal Experiment written by Janice Hadlow and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2014-11-18 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Times Best Books of the Year • The Sunday Times Best Books of the Year The New Statesman Book of the Year selection by Lucy Hughes-Hallett BBC History Magazine Book of the Year selection by Helen Rappaport "A masterpiece . . . . [T]his heartbreaking narrative of family dysfunction and royal sacrifice is an absolute page-turner." —Amanda Foreman, author of Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire "[A] fascinating, story-filled account . . . . Each story is a revelation." —Jenny Uglow, The Guardian The surprising, deliciously dramatic, and ultimately heartbreaking story of King George III's radical pursuit of happiness in his private life with Queen Charlotte and their 15 children In the U.S., Britain's George III, the protagonist of A Royal Experiment, is known as the king from whom Americans won their independence and as "the mad king," but in Janice Hadlow's groundbreaking and entertaining new biography, he is another character altogether—compelling and relatable. He was the first of Britain's three Hanoverian kings to be born in England, the first to identify as native of the nation he ruled. But this was far from the only difference between him and his predecessors. Neither of the previous Georges was faithful to his wife, nor to his mistresses. Both hated their own sons. And, overall, their children were angry, jealous, and disaffected schemers, whose palace shenanigans kick off Hadlow's juicy narrative and also made their lives unhappy ones. Pained by his childhood amid this cruel and feuding family, George came to the throne aspiring to be a new kind of king—a force for moral good. And to be that new kind of king, he had to be a new kind of man. Against his irresistibly awful family background—of brutal royal intrigue, infidelity, and betrayal—George fervently pursued a radical domestic dream: he would have a faithful marriage and raise loving, educated, and resilient children. The struggle of King George—along with his wife, Queen Charlotte, and their 15 children—to pursue a passion for family will surprise history buffs and delight a broad swath of biography readers and royal watchers.

Diplomat-Scholar

Author : Erwin S Fernandez
Publisher : Flipside Digital Content Company Inc.
ISBN 13 : 981476244X
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Diplomat-Scholar written by Erwin S Fernandez and published by Flipside Digital Content Company Inc.. This book was released on 2017-04-30 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leon Ma. Guerrero (1915-82), a top-notch writer and diplomat, served six Philippine presidents, beginning with President Manuel L. Quezon and ending with President Ferdinand E. Marcos. In this first full-length biography, Guerrero's varied career as writer and diplomat is highlighted from an amateur student editor and associate editor of a prestigious magazine to ambassador to different countries that reflected then the exciting directions of Philippine foreign policy. But did you know that he served as public prosecutor in the notorious Nalundasan murder case, involving the future Philippine president? Did you also know that during his stint as ambassador to the Court of Saint James he wrote his prize-winning biography of Philippine national hero, Jose Rizal? Learn more about him in this fully documented biography recounting with much detail from his correspondence the genesis and evolution of his thinking about the First Filipino, which is the apposite title of his magnum opus.

Alice in Exile

Author : Piers Paul Read
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1466869232
Total Pages : 461 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Alice in Exile written by Piers Paul Read and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By critically acclaimed author Piers Paul Read, Alice in Exile is an exquisite historical novel featuring Alice Fry--a free-thinking and independent-minded woman in a world ruled by men--and the two men who love her. It is 1913 when Alice, the daughter of a radical publisher, meets Edward Cobb, the eligible young son of a baronet who has recently quit the army to pursue his political ambitions. Edward's family could accept his liaison with a girl they consider "fast," but when he proposes, they are appalled. When Alice's father becomes involved in a scandal, it becomes clear that Edward must choose between Alice and his political career. He breaks off the engagement, unaware that his lover is expecting his child. Desperate, Alice accepts the offer of a rich and charming (if somewhat predatory) Baron Rettenberg, returning to Russia with him to serve as a governess for his children, while Edward marries suitably, but unhappily. Two of the greatest cataclysms of the twentieth century--the Russian Revolution and World War I--serve as backdrops to Alice's story as she raises her young son, yearns for Edward, and begins to fall passionately for the Baron. Alice in Exile is Piers Paul Read's triumphant return to the fiction for which he is widely hailed--romantic, dramatic, and rich with historical detail and fascinating characters that make Alice's story an enchanting and unforgettable read.

Forgotten Fatherland

Author : Ben Macintyre
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 140883815X
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Forgotten Fatherland written by Ben Macintyre and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of Agent Zigzag and Double Cross the true story of Friedrich Nietzsche's bigoted, imperious sister who founded a 'racially pure' colony in Paraguay together with a band of blond-haired fellow Germans.

Areal Diffusion and Genetic Inheritance

Author : Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna Aĭkhenvalʹd
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780199283088
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Areal Diffusion and Genetic Inheritance written by Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna Aĭkhenvalʹd and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2006 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers how and why forms and meanings of different languages at different times may resemble each other. Its distinguished authors investigate the relationship between areal diffusion and the genetic development of languages, and reveal the means of distinguishing what may cause one language to share the characteristics of another. The chapters cover Ancient Anatolia, Modern Anatolia, Australia, Amazonia, Oceania, Southeast and East Asia, and Sub-Saharan. Africa. - ;Two languages can resemble each other in the categories, constructions, and types of meaning they use; and in the fo.

The Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record of British and Foreign Literature

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 992 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record of British and Foreign Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 992 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Kingdom: Fate of the Akkadians

Author : Addend Nova
Publisher : Addend Nova
ISBN 13 : 1465846344
Total Pages : 91 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (658 download)

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Download or read book Kingdom: Fate of the Akkadians written by Addend Nova and published by Addend Nova. This book was released on 2011-07-26 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Luxury and Power

Author : Helen Jacobsen
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199693757
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book Luxury and Power written by Helen Jacobsen and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2012 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the material world of English ambassadors at the end of the 17th century, illustrating the way in which architecture and the arts played an important role in diplomatic life. 'Luxury and Power' is an important contribution to the cultural history of Baroque England.

Borders and Travellers in Early Modern Europe

Author : Thomas Betteridge
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351954911
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book Borders and Travellers in Early Modern Europe written by Thomas Betteridge and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early modern Europe was obsessed with borders and travel. It found, imagined and manufactured new borders for its travellers to cross. It celebrated and feared borders as places or states where meanings were charged and changed. In early modern Europe crossing a border could take many forms; sailing to the Americas, visiting a hospital or taking a trip through London's sewage system. Borders were places that people lived on, through and against. Some were temporary, like illness, while others claimed to be absolute, like that between the civilized world and the savage, but, as the chapters in this volume show, to cross any of them was an exciting, anxious and often a potentially dangerous act. Providing a trans-European interdisciplinary approach, the collection focuses on three particular aspects of travel and borders: change, status and function. To travel was to change, not only humans but texts, words, goods and money were all in motion at this time, having a profound influence on cultures, societies and individuals within Europe and beyond. Likewise, status was not a fixed commodity and the meaning and appearance of borders varied and could simultaneously be regarded as hostile and welcoming, restrictive and opportunistic, according to one's personal viewpoint. The volume also emphasizes the fact that borders always serve multiple functions, empowering and oppressing, protecting and threatening in equal measure. By using these three concepts as measures by which to explore a variety of subjects, Borders and Travellers in Early Modern Europe provides a fascinating new perspective from which to re-assess the way in which early modern Europeans viewed themselves, their neighbours and the wider world with which they were increasingly interacting.

The Rise of Modern Diplomacy 1450 - 1919

Author : M.S. Anderson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317894014
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book The Rise of Modern Diplomacy 1450 - 1919 written by M.S. Anderson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though international relations and the rise and fall of European states are widely studied, little is available to students and non-specialists on the origins, development and operation of the diplomatic system through which these relations were conducted and regulated. Similarly neglected are the larger ideas and aspirations of international diplomacy that gradually emerged from its immediate functions. This impressive survey, written by one of our most experienced international historians, and covering the 500 years in which European diplomacy was largely a world to itself, triumphantly fills that gap.