books by Michael Hirst

books by Michael Hirst

books:

Michael Hirst

Michael Hirst

Yale University Press, 1990

Truly a revelation !
Michelangelo's sculptures, paintings and architectures are world renown. However most of us who are not arts experts are hardly aware of the drawings this genius did aeons ago. Hirst has rectified this. This book contains most of Michelangelo's drawings, even those not ...

The Tudors: It's Good to Be King (The Tudors)

Michael Hirst

Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2007

Inaccurate yes but Sitll a Fun read
This book is suppose to be for the fans of the show and that is what it is. A great piece of memrobillia for The TUDORS FANS!

Combinatorics and Graph Theory (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

John M. Harris, Jeffry L. Hirst, ...

Springer, 2000

What an introductory book on combinatorics should be
Little did I expect of a book that has seemingly not garnered that much attention among professors and students (at least the lack of reviews in Amazon.com might serve as a confirming instance of that speculation), but come exam time, the book proved that such ...

Michelangelo: Six Lectures (Oxford Studies in the History of Art & Architecture)
Johannes Wilde

Oxford University Press, USA, 1979

Provides a lucid, subtle, but unpretentious introduction to the artist and his achievements, revealing a philosophy of the whole artist.

The Tudors: The King, the Queen, and the Mistress (Tudors)

Michael Hirst, Anne Gracie

Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2007

MARVELOUS!!
I am a huge fan of Showtime's "The Tudors" so wondered just how closely the book would follow the script. As I read along, I could visualize perfectly the different scenes from the show. I could hear the characters voices during the different scenes. It has renewed ...

The Tudors: King Takes Queen (The Tudors)

Michael Hirst, Elizabeth Massie

Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2008

Terrific Tale!
King Takes Queen, the novelization of the second season of the Tudors, has everything you'd find in the castles, gardens, streets, and Tower of King Henry VIII's London - intrigue, lust, love, betrayal, murder, adventure, fear, hope, torture, greed, and more. This ...

The Sistine Chapel: A Glorious Restoration

Michael Hirst

Abradale Press Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Publishers, 1994

A Wonderful Book
As a student with two jobs I do not have much time for art. Recently I have taken an interest in the classics. I was at a bookstore one day and this book caught my eye: The work of Michelangelo is wonderful. This book really brings to life this masters artwork in a ...

The New Gatekeepers: Emerging Challenges to Free Expression in the Arts
Amy Adler, Carol Becker, ...

National Arts Journalism Program, 2004

Disputes over free expression in the arts have always loomed as struggles between creativity and repression, transgression and outrage, candor and hypocrisy. But while high-profile shootouts at art museums and less visible skirmishes at schools, libraries, and theaters persist, overt censorship is no longer the only, or the most dire, threat to ...

The Young Michelangelo: The Artist in Rome, 1496-1501 and Michelangelo as a Painter on Panel; Making and ...

Michael Hirst, Jill Dunkerton

National Gallery London, 1994

An excellent addition for the Michelangelophile.
This book covers the evolution of the young Michelangelo's abilities as an artist, as well as the available details of how he spent his time during the period. The authors give persuasive argument for Michelangelo's authorship of a controversial early panel painting, ...