The King's Glass
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Each year more than 250,000 people visit the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge, one of Europe's best-known buildings.
Carola Hicks sa venuje skúmaniu umenia a jeho histórie, pričom sa sústreďuje na vizuálne kultúry stredoveku. Jej práca sa často zaoberá umeleckými dielami ako sú tapisérie a portréty, odkrýva ich skryté príbehy a spoločenský kontext. Hicks kombinuje erudíciu historičky umenia s rozprávačským talentom, čím oživuje minulé epochy. Jej analýzy sú prenikavé a jej štýl pútavý, čo čitateľom umožňuje nahliadnuť pod povrch známych diel.



Each year more than 250,000 people visit the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge, one of Europe's best-known buildings.
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. For centuries it lay ignored in Bayeux cathedral until its 'discovery' in the eighteenth century.
The Arnolfini portrait, painted by Jan van Eyck in 1434, is one of the world's most famous paintings. This title tells the story of the painting's survival through fires, battles, hazardous sea journeys, and its role as a mirror reflecting the culture and history of the time - from jewel of the Hapsburg empire to Napoleonic war trophy.