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Fecha de nacimiento: 1941-11-07
Fecha de fallecimiento: 2010-06-23
Género: female
Nacionalidad: UK
Ocupaciones: art historian
Relaciones: Hicks, Gary (spouse)
Organizaciones: Cambridge University

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Girl in a green gown : the history and mystery of… por Carola Hicks

Generally an excellent work, but could have been better if structured more effectively. (It strikes me as unfair to criticise the book's final form as the author passed away before finalising it.) There is more focus on the painting's 'afterlife' (such as a fascinating detour into the Peninsular War) where more background about Flanders, the van Eyck brothers and technique might have been expected.

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Lirmac | Aug 10, 2018 |

The Bayeux Tapestry: The Life Story of a Masterpiece por Carola Hicks

This is an eminently readable book in spite of its 358 pages - in fact the section on the German threat to the Tapestry during World War II was gripping. I was interested to read of General Choltitz who effectively saved the Tapestry from being removed from the Louvre. His role as military governor of Paris is now the subject of a film entitled 'Diplomacy'.

Having access to a copy of the Tapestry, albeit a small one on paper bought many years ago, really helped to bring the subject matter of the embroidery alive as I read the book.

The author's research seemed to be so comprehensive - is there anything else to be written? I was impressed that she had found cartoon by Minhinnick in the New Zealand Herald which used the Tapestry as a basis, and also included a picture of Michael Linton's steel mosaic which is in Geraldine, New Zealand.… (más)

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louis69 | 6 reseñas más. | Sep 4, 2014 |

The Bayeux tapestry : the life story of a masterpiece por Carola Hicks

Excellent biograpy on the Bayeux embroidery. My favorite chapter is Mysteries and Histories. In the Norman Newsreel I missed the parody on the embroidery from The Simpsons: the Couch gag from the tenth episode of The Simpsons' nineteenth season, called E Pluribus Wiggum ('The Bart-eux Tapestry') - images to be found via Google.

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yvlind1 | 6 reseñas más. | Sep 1, 2014 |

The King's glass : a story of Tudor power and secret… por Carola Hicks

Good introduction to the stained glass windows in King's College Chapel at Cambridge. A separate guide with images of all the windows would be very helpful when reading this book.

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yvlind1 | May 23, 2013 |

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