European Art History
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The Medici
- Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance
- By: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 16 hrs and 21 mins
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Against the background of an age that saw the rebirth of ancient and classical learning, Paul Strathern explores the intensely dramatic rise and fall of the Medici family in Florence as well as the Italian Renaissance, which they did so much to sponsor and encourage. Interwoven into the narrative are the lives of many of the great Renaissance artists with whom the Medici had dealings, including Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Donatello as well as scientists like Galileo and Pico della Mirandola.
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Fun Story Bad History
- By Elizabeth Barrett on 05-09-16
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The Medici
- Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 16 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 03-15-16
- Language: English
- Against the background of an age that saw the rebirth of ancient and classical learning, Paul Strathern explores the intensely dramatic rise and fall of the Medici family....
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The Last Englishmen
- Love, War, and the End of Empire
- By: Deborah Baker
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
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Set in Calcutta, London, the glacier-locked wilds of the Karakoram, and on Everest itself, The Last Englishmen is also the story of a generation. The cast of this exhilarating drama includes Indian and English writers and artists, explorers and Communist spies, Die Hards and Indian nationalists, political rogues and police informers. Key among them is a highborn Bengali poet named Sudhin Datta, a melancholy soul torn, like many of his generation, between hatred of the British Empire and a deep love of European literature, whose life would be upended by the arrival of war on his Calcutta doorstep.
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Devoles into Tedium
- By traveler on 09-11-23
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The Last Englishmen
- Love, War, and the End of Empire
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 08-21-18
- Language: English
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Set in Calcutta, London, the glacier-locked wilds of the Karakoram, and on Everest itself, The Last Englishmen is also the story of a generation. The cast of this exhilarating drama includes Indian and English writers and artists, explorers and Communist spies....
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How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization
- By: Thomas E. Woods Jr.
- Narrated by: Barrett Whitener
- Length: 7 hrs
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Western civilization has given us modern science, the wealth of free-market economics, the security of law, a sense of human rights and freedom, charity as a virtue, splendid art and music, philosophy grounded in reason, and innumerable other gifts we take for granted.
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Fascinating and informative
- By Michael Kellogg on 09-29-05
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How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization
- Narrated by: Barrett Whitener
- Length: 7 hrs
- Release date: 08-12-05
- Language: English
- Ask a college student today what he knows about the Catholic Church and his answer might come down to one word: "corruption"....
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European History
- A Captivating Guide to the History of Europe, Starting from the Neanderthals Through to the Roman Empire and the End of the Cold War
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Richard L. Walton
- Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Europe’s past is characterized by fighting and warfare, and it is punctuated with great works of art, philosophy, science, and technology. Even its recent history is much the same - that’s why, so much of the globe was once ruled by European monarchies. Despite all the infighting and territorial exploits, Europeans have managed to create some of the most beautiful pieces of literature, architecture, political structures, and ideas the world has ever seen.
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Highly Recommended
- By Jean Marshall on 08-06-20
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European History
- A Captivating Guide to the History of Europe, Starting from the Neanderthals Through to the Roman Empire and the End of the Cold War
- Narrated by: Richard L. Walton
- Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 07-27-20
- Language: English
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Europe’s past is characterized by fighting and warfare, and it is punctuated with great works of art, philosophy, science, and technology. Even its recent history is much the same - that’s why, so much of the globe was once ruled by European monarchies....
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Beethoven
- The Relentless Revolutionary
- By: John Clubbe
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 19 hrs and 13 mins
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Beethoven imbibed Enlightenment and revolutionary ideas in his hometown of Bonn, where they were fervently discussed in cafes and at the university. Moving to Vienna at the age of 21 to study with Haydn, he gained renown as a brilliant pianist and innovative composer. In that conservative city, capital of the Hapsburg empire, authorities were ever watchful to curtail and punish overt displays of radical political views. Nevertheless, Beethoven avidly followed the meteoric rise of Napoleon.
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Beethoven
- The Relentless Revolutionary
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 19 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 08-20-19
- Language: English
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A fascinating and in-depth exploration of how the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, and Napoleon shaped Beethoven's political ideals and inspired his groundbreaking compositions....
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Magus
- The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa
- By: Anthony Grafton
- Narrated by: Nick Pearse
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
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In literary legend, Faustus is the quintessential occult personality of early modern Europe. The historical Faustus, however, was something quite different: a magus—a learned magician fully embedded in the scholarly currents and public life of the Renaissance. And he was hardly the only one. Anthony Grafton argues that the magus in sixteenth-century Europe was a distinctive intellectual type, both different from and indebted to medieval counterparts as well as contemporaries like the engineer, the artist, the Christian humanist, and the religious reformer.
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Magus
- The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa
- Narrated by: Nick Pearse
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 04-02-24
- Language: English
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In literary legend, Faustus is the quintessential occult personality of early modern Europe. The historical Faustus, however, was something quite different: a magus—a learned magician fully embedded in the scholarly currents and public life of the Renaissance.
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Nazi Art Theft
- The History of Germany’s Confiscation and Destruction of European Artworks During World War II
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Daniel Houle
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
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At the end of 1941, it seemed to many people, especially in Germany, that the war was virtually over. Some began to consider what a postwar Europe would look like after a Nazi victory. With nothing to stop them, the Nazis became the most rapacious looters of art the world had ever seen, to the extent that it has been estimated that the Nazis may have acquired up to 20 percent of all art in Western Europe. Some works were returned after the war, many disappeared, and still others have become the subject of intense speculation.
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Nazi Art Theft
- The History of Germany’s Confiscation and Destruction of European Artworks During World War II
- Narrated by: Daniel Houle
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
- Release date: 09-28-21
- Language: English
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At the end of 1941, the Nazis became the most rapacious looters of art the world had ever seen. Some works were returned after the war, many disappeared....
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Orthodoxy
- By: G. K. Chesterton
- Narrated by: Fred Williams
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
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G. K. Chesterton was a journalist, playwright, poet, biographer, novelist, essayist, literary commentator, editor, orator, artist, and theologian. Orthodoxy is his great apologia for the Christian faith, which was prompted by a serious attack in 1903 against Christianity by well-known newspaper editor Robert Blatchford.
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Thought provoking and entertaining
- By Brent on 01-16-08
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Orthodoxy
- Narrated by: Fred Williams
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 12-14-06
- Language: English
- Orthodoxy is Chesterton's great apologia for the Christian faith, which was prompted by a serious attack in 1903 against Christianity by well-known newspaper editor Robert Blatchford....
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Solzhenitsyn: The Historical-Spiritual Destinies of Russia and the West
- NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
- By: Lee Congdon
- Narrated by: Michael Merica
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
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In this examination of Solzhenitsyn and his work, Lee Congdon explores the consequences of the atheistic socialism that drove the Russian revolutionary movement.
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Wow…Unbelievably Prophetic
- By J.Brock on 10-21-22
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Solzhenitsyn: The Historical-Spiritual Destinies of Russia and the West
- NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
- Narrated by: Michael Merica
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 01-21-22
- Language: English
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In this examination of Solzhenitsyn and his work, Lee Congdon explores the consequences of the atheistic socialism that drove the Russian revolutionary movement....
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The Renaissance
- By: Wallace K. Ferguson
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 4 hrs and 34 mins
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If ever a catharsis in Western European Civilization occurred, it had to have been the period we refer to as the Renaissance. After a thousand years of theocracy, manorialism, feudalism and narrow economic development, Europe was ripe for change. She got it with a vengeance.
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Eating cardboard
- By Tim on 01-02-06
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The Renaissance
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 4 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 08-12-05
- Language: English
- If ever a catharsis in Western European Civilization occurred, it had to have been the period we refer to as the Renaissance....
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The Book-Makers
- A History of the Book in 18 Remarkable Lives
- By: Adam Smyth
- Narrated by: Adam Smyth
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
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The Book-Makers is a celebration of 550 years of the printed book, told through the lives of eighteen extraordinary men and women who took the book in radical new directions: printers and binders, publishers and artists, paper-makers and library founders. This is a story of skill, craft, mess, cunning, triumph, improvisation, and error.
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The Book-Makers
- A History of the Book in 18 Remarkable Lives
- Narrated by: Adam Smyth
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 04-18-24
- Language: English
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The Book-Makers is a celebration of 550 years of the printed book, told through the lives of eighteen extraordinary men and women who took the book in radical new directions: printers and binders, publishers and artists, paper-makers and library founders....
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Vanished Smile
- The Mysterious Theft of the Mona Lisa
- By: R. A. Scotti
- Narrated by: Kathe Mazur
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
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On August 21, 1911, the unfathomable happened - Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa vanished from the Louvre. More than 24 hours passed before museum officials realized she was gone. The prime suspects were as shocking as the crime: Pablo Picasso and Guillaume Apollinaire, young provocateurs of a new art. As French detectives using the latest methods of criminology, including fingerprinting, tried to trace the thieves, a burgeoning international media hyped news of the heist.
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Read Far Too Slowly
- By GoBonnieGo on 05-07-09
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Vanished Smile
- The Mysterious Theft of the Mona Lisa
- Narrated by: Kathe Mazur
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 04-07-09
- Language: English
- In Paris at the start of a radically new century, the most famous face in the history of art stepped out of her frame and into a sensational mystery....
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French Cinema
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Dudley Andrew
- Narrated by: Alex Mortensen
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
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It is often claimed that the French invented cinema. Dominating the production and distribution of cinema until WWI, when they were supplanted by Hollywood, the French cinema industry encompassed all genres, from popular entertainment to avant-garde practice. This Very Short Introduction opens up French cinema through focusing on some of its most notable works, using the lens of the New Wave decade (1958-1968) that changed cinema worldwide.
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French Cinema
- A Very Short Introduction
- Narrated by: Alex Mortensen
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 07-30-24
- Language: English
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It is often claimed that the French invented cinema. Dominating the production and distribution of cinema until WWI, when they were supplanted by Hollywood, the French cinema industry encompassed all genres, from popular entertainment to avant-garde practice.
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Song
- A History in 12 Parts
- By: John Potter
- Narrated by: Elliot Fitzpatrick
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
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Author and singer John Potter tells the European story of song. The form has captivated audiences and excited performers for centuries, from the music of the troubadours and the Christian liturgy through classical composers such as Bach and Schumann up to Britten, Berio, and the rise of popular music. Choosing twelve key works, Potter offers a personal tour through this vital tradition, from John Dowland's "Flow My Tears" to George Gershwin's "Summertime." Throughout, he reveals who wrote and sang these joyful masterpieces—and what they mean to singers and audiences today.
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Song
- A History in 12 Parts
- Narrated by: Elliot Fitzpatrick
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 01-30-24
- Language: English
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From one of our most innovative singers comes a vibrant history of song stretching from Hildegard von Bingen and Benjamin Britten to Björk....
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La Ilustración [The Enlightenment]
- Una guía apasionante de un periodo de disertación científica, política y filosófica de la historia europea (Períodos históricos) [An Exciting Guide to A Period of Scientific, Political and Philosophical Dissertation in European History (Historical Periods)]
- By: Billy Wellman
- Narrated by: Carlos Verne
- Length: 3 hrs and 34 mins
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La Ilustración, que se prolongó durante todo el siglo XVIII, provocó cambios cruciales en el pensamiento de la gente y transformó todo el entramado de la sociedad.
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Maravilloso libro !!!
- By Cliente de Kindle on 08-08-24
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La Ilustración [The Enlightenment]
- Una guía apasionante de un periodo de disertación científica, política y filosófica de la historia europea (Períodos históricos) [An Exciting Guide to A Period of Scientific, Political and Philosophical Dissertation in European History (Historical Periods)]
- Narrated by: Carlos Verne
- Length: 3 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 06-26-24
- Language: Spanish
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¿Se imagina cómo sería el mundo hoy si no hubiera existido la Ilustración?
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Prehistoric Art: Cave Dwellers Edition
- History for Kids | Asian, European, African, Americas & Oceanic Regions | 4th Grade Social Studies
- By: Baby Professor
- Narrated by: Carmyn Block
- Length: 13 mins
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Did you know that cave dwellers left art on their walls not only to entertain themselves, but also to share their stories? Much of what we know about these prehistoric humans comes from the art they have left behind. This book will discuss prehistoric art in the Asian, European, African, American, and Oceanic regions. Grab a copy today.
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Prehistoric Art: Cave Dwellers Edition
- History for Kids | Asian, European, African, Americas & Oceanic Regions | 4th Grade Social Studies
- Narrated by: Carmyn Block
- Length: 13 mins
- Release date: 12-02-21
- Language: English
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Did you know that cave dwellers left art on their walls not only to entertain themselves, but also to share their stories? Much of what we know about these prehistoric humans comes from the art they have left behind. This book will discuss prehistoric art....
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Letters of Note: Art
- Letters of Note, Book 6
- By: Shaun Usher
- Narrated by: Sanjeev Bhaskar, Louise Brealey, Simon Callow, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 43 mins
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Vincent Van Gogh curses the stare of the blank canvas. Salvador Dali contemplates mailing a piece of his "lobster-colored pajamas" to Federico Lorca. Hollis Frampton, to the MoMA, demands that artists be paid. The dean of students at San Francisco Art Institute argues to Alicia McCarthy, in very stern words, that graffiti is not art but, rather, a "pain in the ass". In a letter to the editor, Martin Scorsese defends and celebrates Fellini's filmmaking.
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Letters of Note: Art
- Letters of Note, Book 6
- Narrated by: Sanjeev Bhaskar, Louise Brealey, Simon Callow, Crystal Clarke, Benedict Cumberbatch, Stephen Fry, Neil Gaiman, Toby Jones, Ferdinand Kingsley, Jude Law, Helen McCrory, Stephen Mangan, Clarke Peters, Various
- Length: 2 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 03-16-21
- Language: English
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A splendid new volume of missives about art, from the author of the best-selling Letters of Note collections....
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