The King's Glass
- 256pagine
- 9 ore di lettura
Each year more than 250,000 people visit the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge, one of Europe's best-known buildings.
Carola Hicks si addentra nel campo della storia dell'arte, concentrandosi sulle culture visive del periodo medievale. Il suo lavoro esamina spesso opere d'arte specifiche come arazzi e ritratti, scoprendo le loro narrazioni nascoste e i contesti sociali. Hicks fonde la rigorosa erudizione di una storica dell'arte con uno stile narrativo accattivante, dando vita a epoche passate. Le sue analisi sono acute e la sua prosa coinvolgente, offrendo ai lettori uno sguardo profondo sotto la superficie di opere iconiche.



Each year more than 250,000 people visit the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge, one of Europe's best-known buildings.
The vivid scenes on the Bayeux Tapestry depict the events leading up to the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Hicks shows us this world and the miracle of the tapestry's making: the stitches, dyes and strange details in the margins. For centuries it lay ignored in Bayeux cathedral until its 'discovery' in the eighteenth century.
The Arnolfini portrait, painted by Jan van Eyck in 1434, is one of the world's most famous paintings. This title tells the story of the painting's survival through fires, battles, hazardous sea journeys, and its role as a mirror reflecting the culture and history of the time - from jewel of the Hapsburg empire to Napoleonic war trophy.