Carola Hicks

Broschiertes Buch

The Bayeux Tapestry

The Life Story of a Masterpiece

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

Carola Hicks was an acclaimed art historian, and witty, perceptive writer. Born in Sussex, Carola studied archaeology at Edinburgh University, and was an actress, journalist and House of Commons Researcher, before taking up an academic career. For several years she was curator of the Stained Glass Museum at Ely Cathedral, and then became a Fellow and Director of Studies in art history at Newnham College, Cambridge. Her books include Animals in Early Medieval Art, Improper Pursuits: The Scandalous Life of Lady Di Beauclerk, and two fine 'biographies' of works of art: The Girl in the Green Gown: The History and Mystery of the Arnolfini Portrait and The King's Glass: A Story of Tudor Power and Secret Art. Carola Hicks died in 2010.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Vintage Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 129mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9780099450191
• ISBN-10: 0099450194
• Artikelnr.: 23245981