The Prometheans: John Martin And Generation That Stole Future Max Adams Quercus Publishing Αγγλικά Βιβλία Computing Technology

The Richly Varied Lives Of Martin Brothers Reflected Many Upheavals Britain In Age Industrial Revolution Low-Born And Largely Unschooled They Were Part A New Generation Artists Scientists Inventors Who Witnessed Creation Modern World William Eldest Was Cussedly Eccentric Inventor Couldn\ T Look At Piece Machinery Without Thinking About How To Improve It Richard Courageous Soldier Fought Peninsular War Waterloo Jonathan Hellfire Preacher Tormented By Madness Touched With Visionary Genius Reminiscent Blake Almost Burned Down York Minster 1829 While John Youngest Single-Handedly Invented Mastered Exhausted An Entire Genre Painting Apocalyptic Sublime Playing Host Foremost Writers Thinkers His Day Prometheans Max Adams Interweaves Fascinating Story These Maverick Siblings Magisterial Multi-Faceted Account Political Artistic Ferment Early 19Th-Century Narrative Centres On Radical Intellectuals (Including Chemist Humphry Davy Engineer George Stephenson Social Reformer Robert Owen Poet Shelley) Seeking Liberate Humanity From Tyranny Material Discomfort Oppression For Shared Inspiration That Binds This Together Is Cult Prometheus Titan Ancient Greek Mythology Stole Fire Zeus Give Mortal Man Became Potent Symbol Personal Liberation Mid-18Th Century Onwards Whether Writing Davy\ S Invention Miner\ Safety Lamp Scandalous Private Life Prince Regent Death Shelley Or J M W Turner\ Use Colour Adams\ Pacy Characterful Rich Anecdote Quotation Memorable Character Sketch Like Himself He Has Created Sprawling Brightly Coloured Canvas Epic Scale Σελίδες: 336 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0304 Διαστάσεις: 13 1X13 1Cm