Author: Alyssa Palombo
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 1466882646
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
"In the tradition of Tracy Chevalier’s Girl with a Pearl Earring, Palombo has married fine art with romantic historical fiction in this lush and sensual interpretation of Medici Florence, artist Sandro Botticelli, and the muse that inspired them all." - Booklist A girl as beautiful as Simonetta Cattaneo never wants for marriage proposals in 15th Century Italy, but she jumps at the chance to marry Marco Vespucci. Marco is young, handsome and well-educated. Not to mention he is one of the powerful Medici family’s favored circle. Even before her marriage with Marco is set, Simonetta is swept up into Lorenzo and Giuliano de’ Medici’s glittering circle of politicians, poets, artists, and philosophers. The men of Florence—most notably the rakish Giuliano de’ Medici—become enthralled with her beauty. That she is educated and an ardent reader of poetry makes her more desirable and fashionable still. But it is her acquaintance with a young painter, Sandro Botticelli, which strikes her heart most. Botticelli immediately invites Simonetta, newly proclaimed the most beautiful woman in Florence, to pose for him. As Simonetta learns to navigate her marriage, her place in Florentine society, and the politics of beauty and desire, she and Botticelli develop a passionate intimacy, one that leads to her immortalization in his masterpiece, The Birth of Venus. Alyssa Palombo’s The Most Beautiful Woman in Florence vividly captures the dangerous allure of the artist and muse bond with candor and unforgettable passion.
The Most Beautiful Woman in Florence
Author: Alyssa Palombo
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 1466882646
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
"In the tradition of Tracy Chevalier’s Girl with a Pearl Earring, Palombo has married fine art with romantic historical fiction in this lush and sensual interpretation of Medici Florence, artist Sandro Botticelli, and the muse that inspired them all." - Booklist A girl as beautiful as Simonetta Cattaneo never wants for marriage proposals in 15th Century Italy, but she jumps at the chance to marry Marco Vespucci. Marco is young, handsome and well-educated. Not to mention he is one of the powerful Medici family’s favored circle. Even before her marriage with Marco is set, Simonetta is swept up into Lorenzo and Giuliano de’ Medici’s glittering circle of politicians, poets, artists, and philosophers. The men of Florence—most notably the rakish Giuliano de’ Medici—become enthralled with her beauty. That she is educated and an ardent reader of poetry makes her more desirable and fashionable still. But it is her acquaintance with a young painter, Sandro Botticelli, which strikes her heart most. Botticelli immediately invites Simonetta, newly proclaimed the most beautiful woman in Florence, to pose for him. As Simonetta learns to navigate her marriage, her place in Florentine society, and the politics of beauty and desire, she and Botticelli develop a passionate intimacy, one that leads to her immortalization in his masterpiece, The Birth of Venus. Alyssa Palombo’s The Most Beautiful Woman in Florence vividly captures the dangerous allure of the artist and muse bond with candor and unforgettable passion.
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 1466882646
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
"In the tradition of Tracy Chevalier’s Girl with a Pearl Earring, Palombo has married fine art with romantic historical fiction in this lush and sensual interpretation of Medici Florence, artist Sandro Botticelli, and the muse that inspired them all." - Booklist A girl as beautiful as Simonetta Cattaneo never wants for marriage proposals in 15th Century Italy, but she jumps at the chance to marry Marco Vespucci. Marco is young, handsome and well-educated. Not to mention he is one of the powerful Medici family’s favored circle. Even before her marriage with Marco is set, Simonetta is swept up into Lorenzo and Giuliano de’ Medici’s glittering circle of politicians, poets, artists, and philosophers. The men of Florence—most notably the rakish Giuliano de’ Medici—become enthralled with her beauty. That she is educated and an ardent reader of poetry makes her more desirable and fashionable still. But it is her acquaintance with a young painter, Sandro Botticelli, which strikes her heart most. Botticelli immediately invites Simonetta, newly proclaimed the most beautiful woman in Florence, to pose for him. As Simonetta learns to navigate her marriage, her place in Florentine society, and the politics of beauty and desire, she and Botticelli develop a passionate intimacy, one that leads to her immortalization in his masterpiece, The Birth of Venus. Alyssa Palombo’s The Most Beautiful Woman in Florence vividly captures the dangerous allure of the artist and muse bond with candor and unforgettable passion.
Beautiful Woman in Venice (A)
Author: Kathleen A. González
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788868690625
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788868690625
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Show Me a Beautiful Woman
Author: Heru Ptah
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780985288136
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780985288136
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The Gentle Ways of a Beautiful Woman
Author: Anne Ortlund
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 9780884863410
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
For the woman who wants to be truly beautiful, inside and out, Anne Ortlund's trio of bestselling handbooks offers all the practical "how-to's" and thoughtful encouragement she needs. Disciplines of the Beautiful Woman, Ortlund's first bestseller, challenges women to reshape their lives, their households, and their schedules according to God's liberating priorities. Disciplines of the Heart focuses on the "heart life" and shows readers how to move from preoccupation with "things" to a satisfying intimacy with God. The finale, Disciplines of the Home, offers inspiration and practical guidance on creating and enjoying a family home that restores, nourishes, and blesses all who enter. Women who long for inner peace will cherish this warm, personal guide to godly, beautiful living.
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 9780884863410
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
For the woman who wants to be truly beautiful, inside and out, Anne Ortlund's trio of bestselling handbooks offers all the practical "how-to's" and thoughtful encouragement she needs. Disciplines of the Beautiful Woman, Ortlund's first bestseller, challenges women to reshape their lives, their households, and their schedules according to God's liberating priorities. Disciplines of the Heart focuses on the "heart life" and shows readers how to move from preoccupation with "things" to a satisfying intimacy with God. The finale, Disciplines of the Home, offers inspiration and practical guidance on creating and enjoying a family home that restores, nourishes, and blesses all who enter. Women who long for inner peace will cherish this warm, personal guide to godly, beautiful living.
Uncommon Beauty
Author: Cynthia Heald
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 1414300859
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
Bestselling author Heald has chosen seven qualities that make a woman beautiful, and illustrated those traits with key women from history, literature, the Bible, and society.
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 1414300859
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
Bestselling author Heald has chosen seven qualities that make a woman beautiful, and illustrated those traits with key women from history, literature, the Bible, and society.
Beautiful in God's Eyes
Author: Elizabeth George
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
ISBN: 0736970495
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Beauty is more than skin deep— it starts in the heart and works outward Exploring the timeless wisdom of Proverbs 31, Bible teacher Elizabeth George reveals how you can become a woman of true beauty—a woman who desires to honor God in all that she says and does. Beautiful in God's Eyes helps you make each day immensely meaningful as you delight in God and discover how to... experience instant progress toward personal goals manage daily life more effectively tap into unlimited energy apply biblical principles to enhance relationships move from the ordinary to the extraordinary You can experience a richer, more exciting spiritual walk as you embrace God's design for true beauty in your life.
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
ISBN: 0736970495
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Beauty is more than skin deep— it starts in the heart and works outward Exploring the timeless wisdom of Proverbs 31, Bible teacher Elizabeth George reveals how you can become a woman of true beauty—a woman who desires to honor God in all that she says and does. Beautiful in God's Eyes helps you make each day immensely meaningful as you delight in God and discover how to... experience instant progress toward personal goals manage daily life more effectively tap into unlimited energy apply biblical principles to enhance relationships move from the ordinary to the extraordinary You can experience a richer, more exciting spiritual walk as you embrace God's design for true beauty in your life.
God's Portrait of a Beautiful Woman
Author: Dorothy Davis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780872271869
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
God wants you to be a beautiful woman. Using His Word and the metaphor of a masterful work of art, Dorothy Davis shows how God can fashion you into a beautiful woman for Him. 13 lessons
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780872271869
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
God wants you to be a beautiful woman. Using His Word and the metaphor of a masterful work of art, Dorothy Davis shows how God can fashion you into a beautiful woman for Him. 13 lessons
Fearlessly Feminine
Author: Jani Ortlund
Publisher: Multnomah
ISBN: 0307781186
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Women today seek encouragement and affirmation as they confront their own questions, doubts, and fears about womanhood. In Fearlessly Feminine, author Jani Ortlund supplies much-needed answers, calling Christian women to be joyfully confident in who they are before God, to welcome the privilege of womanhood, and to show the world the beauty of Christian femininity for God's glory. Tackling such sensitive subjects as submission and materialism, feminism and beauty, motherhood and marriage, Ortlund leads women to a deeper understanding of scriptural teaching and helps them fearlessly embrace all that God would have them become.
Publisher: Multnomah
ISBN: 0307781186
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Women today seek encouragement and affirmation as they confront their own questions, doubts, and fears about womanhood. In Fearlessly Feminine, author Jani Ortlund supplies much-needed answers, calling Christian women to be joyfully confident in who they are before God, to welcome the privilege of womanhood, and to show the world the beauty of Christian femininity for God's glory. Tackling such sensitive subjects as submission and materialism, feminism and beauty, motherhood and marriage, Ortlund leads women to a deeper understanding of scriptural teaching and helps them fearlessly embrace all that God would have them become.
The Search for the Beautiful Woman
Author: Cho Kyo
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 1442218959
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
While a slender body is a prerequisite for beauty today, plump women were considered ideal in Tang Dynasty China and Heian-period Japan. Starting around the Southern Song period in China, bound feet symbolized the attractiveness of women. But in Japan, shaved eyebrows and blackened teeth long were markers of loveliness. For centuries, Japanese culture was profoundly shaped by China, but in complex ways that are only now becoming apparent. In this first full comparative history of the subject, Cho Kyo explores changing standards of feminine beauty in China and Japan over the past two millennia. Drawing on a rich array of literary and artistic sources gathered over a decade of research, he considers which Chinese representations were rejected or accepted and transformed in Japan. He then traces the introduction of Western aesthetics into Japan starting in the Meiji era, leading to slowly developing but radical changes in representations of beauty. Through fiction, poetry, art, advertisements, and photographs, the author vividly demonstrates how criteria of beauty differ greatly by era and culture and how aesthetic sense changed in the course of extended cultural transformations that were influenced by both China and the West.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 1442218959
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
While a slender body is a prerequisite for beauty today, plump women were considered ideal in Tang Dynasty China and Heian-period Japan. Starting around the Southern Song period in China, bound feet symbolized the attractiveness of women. But in Japan, shaved eyebrows and blackened teeth long were markers of loveliness. For centuries, Japanese culture was profoundly shaped by China, but in complex ways that are only now becoming apparent. In this first full comparative history of the subject, Cho Kyo explores changing standards of feminine beauty in China and Japan over the past two millennia. Drawing on a rich array of literary and artistic sources gathered over a decade of research, he considers which Chinese representations were rejected or accepted and transformed in Japan. He then traces the introduction of Western aesthetics into Japan starting in the Meiji era, leading to slowly developing but radical changes in representations of beauty. Through fiction, poetry, art, advertisements, and photographs, the author vividly demonstrates how criteria of beauty differ greatly by era and culture and how aesthetic sense changed in the course of extended cultural transformations that were influenced by both China and the West.
How to Talk to a Beautiful Woman
Author: Kent Lamarc
Publisher: 22 Lions
ISBN:
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Are you tired of being speechless when talking to a beautiful woman? Do you want to confidently approach women, start engaging conversations, and flirt without the fear of being rejected or slapped? Look no further! The book, "How to Talk to a Beautiful Woman: How to Successfully Approach Women, Start a Conversation and Flirt Without Being Slapped," is designed especially for you - book readers buying on the internet who want to master the art of talking to women. In this comprehensive guide, you will discover the secrets to keeping a conversation exciting and interesting, right from the beginning to the end. You'll learn powerful words and phrases that will make a woman chase after you and desire your presence. Say goodbye to feeling clueless or desperate in social interactions with women. Our book equips you with the knowledge and confidence to be in control during these encounters. With "How to Talk to a Beautiful Woman," you'll learn the qualities that women are attracted to in men and the qualities that drive them away. You'll gain insight into what makes women decide to sleep with someone. This book will revolutionize the way you approach dating and social interactions, transforming you into a mature alpha man with enviable success in your relationships and interactions with women. Written in an engaging and conversational tone, this book is your ultimate guide to becoming a master communicator with women. With practical tips, real-life examples, and proven strategies, you'll be able to navigate any conversation with ease and confidence. Whether you're a shy guy or an introvert, this book provides you with the tools to excel in your interactions with women. Targeting book readers buying on the internet, "How to Talk to a Beautiful Woman" is an invaluable resource that empowers you to overcome communication obstacles and forge meaningful connections with women. Discover how to approach, converse, and flirt without fear or hesitation. Boost your social skills, enhance your dating life, and unlock a world of captivating conversations with the women of your dreams. Grab your copy of "How to Talk to a Beautiful Woman" now and embark on a journey of self-improvement that will change your interactions with women forever. Don't miss this opportunity to revolutionize your dating life - act now!
Publisher: 22 Lions
ISBN:
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Are you tired of being speechless when talking to a beautiful woman? Do you want to confidently approach women, start engaging conversations, and flirt without the fear of being rejected or slapped? Look no further! The book, "How to Talk to a Beautiful Woman: How to Successfully Approach Women, Start a Conversation and Flirt Without Being Slapped," is designed especially for you - book readers buying on the internet who want to master the art of talking to women. In this comprehensive guide, you will discover the secrets to keeping a conversation exciting and interesting, right from the beginning to the end. You'll learn powerful words and phrases that will make a woman chase after you and desire your presence. Say goodbye to feeling clueless or desperate in social interactions with women. Our book equips you with the knowledge and confidence to be in control during these encounters. With "How to Talk to a Beautiful Woman," you'll learn the qualities that women are attracted to in men and the qualities that drive them away. You'll gain insight into what makes women decide to sleep with someone. This book will revolutionize the way you approach dating and social interactions, transforming you into a mature alpha man with enviable success in your relationships and interactions with women. Written in an engaging and conversational tone, this book is your ultimate guide to becoming a master communicator with women. With practical tips, real-life examples, and proven strategies, you'll be able to navigate any conversation with ease and confidence. Whether you're a shy guy or an introvert, this book provides you with the tools to excel in your interactions with women. Targeting book readers buying on the internet, "How to Talk to a Beautiful Woman" is an invaluable resource that empowers you to overcome communication obstacles and forge meaningful connections with women. Discover how to approach, converse, and flirt without fear or hesitation. Boost your social skills, enhance your dating life, and unlock a world of captivating conversations with the women of your dreams. Grab your copy of "How to Talk to a Beautiful Woman" now and embark on a journey of self-improvement that will change your interactions with women forever. Don't miss this opportunity to revolutionize your dating life - act now!