Malta: The Order of St John, Thomas Freller

Автор: Freller, Thomas Zammit, William
Название: Knights, buccuneers, and sugar cane
ISBN: 9993275522 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789993275527
Издательство: Marston Book Services
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Цена: 29040.00 T
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Описание: In the middle of the seventeenth century, apart from such leading powers and commercial giants as Spain, Portugal, England, France, and the Netherlands, all of a sudden even the minuscule Order of St John joined in the global race for colonies. In 1651 the Order acquired the islands of St Kitts (St Christopher), St Martin, St Bartholomew, and St Croix, and in the next years, in spite of many obstacles, tried to make them profitable. The history of these events not only sheds light on the international, indeed worldwide, networking of the Order but also on the personal ambitions and greed of a new ‘globalized' age. This book presents the long overdue full story of this, until now only scarcely researched, colourful episode in the long and chequered history of the Knights of St John.

Автор: Thomas Freller
Название: The Observing Eye: The French artist Jean Houel in Malta
ISBN: 9993274178 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789993274179
Издательство: Marston Book Services
Цена: 44880.00 T
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Описание: The French artist Jean Pierre Louis Laurent Ho el is rightly described as master of the 'vedutismo itinerante'. Art historians have acknowledged his important contributions to the development of 18th-century landscape painting. Volume four of his magnus opus, the Voyage pittoresque des les de Sicile, de Malte et de Lipari ..., contributes substantially to our knowledge about the state of locations and monuments during his two visits to Malta and Gozo in 1770 and 1777. This new book also includes more sketches and reproductions of the original gouache paintings related to these islands which are now preserved in the Hermitage in St Petersburg. The qualities of these gouaches and plates, especially his neo-classical rigour and verism, make his work to a very important source of documentation for the archaeological and classical heritage of Malta and Gozo. Except the sketches, watercolours, and works on oil on canvas by his direct contemporary Louis Ducros, no other artist except for Ho el has carried out such a number of first quality depiction of Malta's landscape, archaeological sites, architecture, and country folk. The accompanying text makes clear Ho el's profound knowledge - at least by the standards of his times - of the history, geo-physical structure, and folklore of the Maltese archipelago.