The Decameron - Giovanni Boccacio

The Decameron - Giovanni Boccacio

Set against the background of the Black Death of 1348, Giovanni Boccaccio's undisputed masterpiece recaptures both the tragedies and comedies of medieval life and is surely one of the greatest achievements in the history of literature

Decameron (Boccaccio Giovanni)(Pevná vazba)

The Decameron (subtitle: Prencipe Galeotto) is a collection of 100 novellas by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, probably begun in 1350 and finished in 1353. It is a medieval allegorical work best known for its bawdy tales of love, appearing in all its possibilities from the erotic to the

The Decameron (Boccaccio Giovanni)(Paperback)

The Decameron (c.1351) was written in the wake of the Black Death, a shattering epidemic which had shaken Florence's confident entrepreneurial society to its core. In a country villa outside the city, ten young noble men and women who have escaped the plague decide to tell each other stories

Famous Women (Boccaccio Giovanni)(Pevná vazba)

After the composition of the Decameron, and under the influence of Petrarch's humanism, Giovanni Boccaccio(1313-1375) devoted the last decades of his life to compiling encyclopedic works in Latin. Among them is Famous Women, the first collection of biographies in Western literature devoted

Tales from the Decameron (Boccaccio Giovanni)(Paperback)

'The Decameron reads in some ways as a guide to social distancing and self-isolation.' --The New York Times 'The 14th-century Italian book that shows us how to survive coronavirus.' --New Statesman Bawdy and moving, hilarious and reflective: these stories offer the very best of Boccaccio's

The Decameron (Boccaccio Giovanni)(Paperback)

A complete edition of the hilarious, bawdy, irreverent masterpiece of medieval Italy--and the inspiration for the film The Little Hours--in an acclaimed translation In the summer of 1348, as the Black Death ravages their city, ten young Florentines take refuge in the countryside. They amuse

The Decameron (Boccaccio Giovanni)(Paperback)

The year is 1348. The Black Death has begun to ravage Europe. Ten young Florentines--seven women and three men--escape the plague-infested city and retreat to the countryside around Fiesole. At their leisure in this isolated and bucolic setting, they spend ten days telling each other stories--tales

The Decameron (Boccaccio Giovanni)(Paperback)

This Norton Critical Edition includes: - Fifty-five judiciously chosen stories from Wayne A. Rebhorn's translation of The Decameron. - Introductory materials and explanatory footnotes by Wayne A. Rebhorn, along with three maps.- Biographical works by Filippo Villani and Ludovico Dolce along with

Il Decamerone - Giovanni Boccaccio, Valeria De Tommaso - audiokniha

Audiokniha: Příběhy ze sbírky Dekameron mistra italské renesance Boccaccia pojí jedna historická událost, a sice mor, který zasáhl Florencii v roce 1348. V tomto bodě začíná vyprávění, kdy deset mladých Florenťanů utíká z města a usadí se v jednom sídle na venkově. Tam

The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni: 1968-1998 (Giovanni Nikki)(Paperback)

The complete early work of the renowned African-American poet. 'Nikki Giovanni is one of our national treasures.'--Gloria Naylor This omnibus includes her first seven volumes of poetry from her early years, 1967 to 1983: Black Feeling Black Talk; Black Judgement; Re: Creation; My House; The Women

Drawing the Female Nude (Civardi Giovanni)(Paperback)

Giovanni Civardi explores and explains the intricate process of depicting the female nude. From choosing your method of representation and deciding whether to draw from life or from photography, every facet of drawing the female nude is covered in this in-depth reference book, a valuable resource

Drawing: A Complete Guide (Civardi Giovanni)(Paperback)

Based on the following books in the Art of Drawing series by Giovanni Civardi published by Search Press: Drawing Techniques (2002), Drawing Portraits (2002), Drawing the Clothed Figure (2005), Drawing Hands & Feet (2005), Drawing Scenery (2002), Drawing Light & Shade (2006), The Nude (2007)

Chaucer's Decameron and the Origin of the Canterbury Tales (Biggs Frederick M.)(Pevná vazba)

A possible direct link between the two greatest literary collections of the fourteenth century, Boccaccio's Decameron and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, has long tantalized readers because these works share many stories, which are, moreover, placed in similar frames. And yet, although he identified

Decameron (Boccaccio)(Paperback / softback)

Part of Alma Evergreen series, J.G. Nichols's new translation stays as faithful to the original as possible while being written in a clear and eminently modern English, capturing the timeless humour of one of the great classics of world

Giovanni Bellini: An Introduction (Bellini Giovanni)(Pevná vazba)

An accessible guide to the foremost figure in Venetian Renaissance painting, tracing Bellini's personal artistic development within historical context Italian Renaissance artist Giovanni Bellini (c. 1435/40-1516) is considered the most important practitioner of Venetian painting in the latter half

Drawing- A Complete Guide: Nature (Civardi Giovanni)(Paperback)

Learn to draw the natural world in this fascinating and accessible guide by master-artist Giovanni Civardi.Beginning with the key drawing methods and materials you'll need to start your artistic journey, along with advice on drawing perspective and light and shade, learn to sketch country scenes,

Death of Camus (Catelli Giovanni)(Paperback)

In this disturbing book, Giovanni Catelli seeks to solve the mysterious 1960 car crash that killed Albert Camus and his publisher, Michel Gallimard, who was behind the wheel. Based on meticulous research, he builds a compelling case that Camu--author of The Stranger, The Plague and The Myth of

Giovanni Bellini: The Art of Contemplation (Grave Johannes)(Pevná vazba)

This lavish examination of Giovanni Bellini's oeuvre offers a beautifully illustrated overview of the great Renaissance painter's entire

Giovanni Bellini: The Last Works (Bellini Giovanni)(Pevná vazba)

Bellini's last works, examined here in new scholarship, represent a triumphant swan song An emblematic master painter of the Quattrocento, Giovanni Bellini remained active beyond that period and into the era now known as the High Renaissance. While his colleagues died or faded from view, Bellini,

Bread - The Bastards of Pizzofalcone (Giovanni Maurizio De)(Paperback / softback)

The Bastards face their hardest challenge

Morning They Came for Us - Dispatches from Syria (di Giovanni Janine)(Paperback / softback)

Don Giovanni or the Inconvenient - Triptych of Shadow Second Door (Vergati Cesare)(Paperback / softback)

Eve Illusion (Fletcher Giovanna)(Paperback / softback)

THE SECOND BOOK IN THE BESTSELLING EVE OF MAN TRILOGY AND NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - EVE AND BRAM HAVE ESCAPED, BUT CAN THEY SURVIVE?'An apocalyptic nightmare, a daring escape and a passionate love story' Sunday Times________Eve - the last girl on Earth - is finally free . . .After sixteen

The Cremator (Fuks Ladislav)(Paperback)

The devil's neatest trick is to persuade us that he doesn't exist. Giovanni Papini It is a maxim that both rings true in our contemporary world and pervades this tragicomic novel of anxiety and evil set amid the horrors of World War II. As a gay man living in a totalitarian, patriarchal society,