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Explore beautiful landscapes with Marco Polo in “The Book of Wonder”
The most renowned travel story of the Middle Ages has never lost its allure. A story of true wonder, Marco Polo's experiences as well as the reported myths, transport us to the heart of Central Asia, China, Indochina, and the Indian Ocean.
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Léonard de Vinci – Artiste, Peintre de la Renaissance
Étudiant avec passion la nature et les modèles antiques, il était impossible que [Léonard de Vinci] ne combinât pas la précision avec la liberté, la vérité avec la beauté. Là, dans cet affranchissement définitif, dans cette pleine possession du modelé, de l’éclairage et de l’expression, dans cette ampleur et cette liberté, se trouvent la raison d’être et la gloire du maître.
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Leonardo Da Vinci – Artist, Painter of the Renaissance
Studying nature with passion, and all the independence proper to his character, he could not fail to combine precision with liberty, and truth with beauty. It is in this final emancipation, this perfect mastery of modelling, of illumination, and of expression, this breadth and freedom, that the master’s raison d’être and glory consist.
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William Morris (Version française)
William Morris fut l’une des personnalités emblématiques du XIXe siècle. Peintre, architecte, poète et ingénieur, maniant avec autant de talent la plume que le pinceau, il bouleversa la société victorienne en refusant les standards instaurés par l’industrie conquérante. Son engagement dans la rédaction du manifeste socialiste fut la suite naturelle de cette révolution.
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William Morris (English version)
William Morris was one of the most emblematic personalities of the nineteenth century. Painter, architect, poet and engineer, wielding the quill as well as the brush, he jolted Victorian society by discarding standards established by triumphant industry. His commitment to the writing of the Socialist Manifesto was the logical result of the revolution he personified in his habitat, the form of his design and the colours he used.
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Gaudí and the Sagrada Família
The text below is the excerpt from the book Antoni Gaudí, written by Jeremy Roe, published by Parkstone International. In order to understand the real significance of Gaudí’s architecture it is necessary to take into account various factors which influenced his thinking. His family background, childhood, place of birth and schooling, the historical context of Catalonia and Spain during his lifetime, his friends and relations, all form the framework for the very special and very distinct architecture of Antoni Gaudí Cornet. However, his personality is hard to capture for various reasons. In the first place, Gaudí’s shy and retiring nature meant that there are virtually no original documents in existence that show…
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Leonardo Da Vinci – L’architecte
Le texte ci-dessous est l’extrait du livre Léonard De Vinci L’Artiste, le Penseur, le Savant: écrit par Eugène Müntz, publié par Parkstone International. L’occasion de se produire dans ce domaine nouveau ne tarda pas à s’offrir au sculpteur-peintrearchitecte. Depuis des années, l’achè vement de la cathédrale de Milan préoccupait au loin tous ceux qui cultivaient l’architecture gothique. Les maîtres d’oeuvre de Strasbourg, concurremment avec Bramante, Francesco di Giorgio Martini et bien d’autres, avaient dû donner des conseils, élaborer des projets. En 1487, Léonard voulut prendre part, lui aussi, à ce grand concours, qui surexcitait l’ardeur des derniers champions du moyen âge ; il concentra son attention sur la coupole qui devait couronner…
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Leonardo Da Vinci – The Architect
The text below is the excerpt of the book Leonardo Da Vinci, written by Eugène Müntz, published by Parkstone International. Taking into account the scope and variety of his knowledge in the exact sciences, it was natural that the artist should have burned to try his hand at architecture. And, as a fact, problems of construction occupied him as much as problems of aesthetics; hence we find him searching into the causes that produce fissures in walls and niches, inquiring into the nature of arches and so on. The acoustics of church buildings also occupied him a good deal; he tried to discover an architectural combination that would enable the preacher’s…
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Le Bauhaus
Le mouvement de Bauhaus est l’une des émergences culturelles les plus importantes et conséquentes du 20e siècle. Fondé par Walter Gropius en 1919 à Weimar, il fête cette année son 100e anniversaire.
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