Historic Boyhoods by Rupert S. Holland

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Most boys grow up to be honest, maybe even good, men, but do not stand out from the crowd. Occasionally, along comes a boy who is destined, either by character or circumstance, to make his mark on the world. In this work are included 21 biographical sketches of boys who became famous in the arts, affairs of state or exploration and discovery. Historical fact is blended with surmise and imagination to bring these boyhoods alive. – Summary by Lynne Thompson for Librivox

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Christopher Columbus The Boy of Genoa: 1446(?)-1506

Michael Angelo The Boy of the Medici Gardens: 1475-1564

Walter Raleigh The Boy of Devon: 1552-1618

Peter the Great The Boy of the Kremlin: 1672-1725

Frederick the Great The Boy of Potsdam: 1712-1788

George Washington The Boy of the Old Dominion: 1732-1799

Daniel Boone The Boy of the Frontier: 1735-1820

John Paul Jones The Boy of the Atlantic: 1747-1792

Mozart The Boy of Salzburg: 1756-1791

Lafayette The Boy of Versailles: 1757-1834

Horatio Nelson The Boy of the Channel Fleet: 1758-1805

Robert Fulton The Boy of the Conestoga: 1765-1815

Andrew Jackson The Boy of the Carolinas: 1767-1845

Napoleon Bonaparte The Boy of Brienne: 1769-1821

Walter Scott The Boy of the Canongate: 1771-1832

James Fenimore Cooper The Boy of Otsego Hall: 1789-1851

John Ericsson The Boy of the G?ta Canal: 1803-1889

Garibaldi The Boy of the Mediterranean: 1807-1882

Abraham Lincoln The Boy of the American Wilderness: 1809-1865

Charles Dickens The Boy of the London Streets: 1812-1870

Otto von Bismarck The Boy of G?ttingen: 1815-1898

Knights of Art: Stories of the Italian Painters by Amy Steedman

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A children’s version of the Lives of Artists by Vassari with many Illustrations. Of course we won’t be able to show the paintings but the descriptions and the anecdotes are interesting and may lead a child to further interest. – Summary by Susan Morin

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About This Book

GIOTTO

FRA ANGELICO

MASACCIO

FRA FILIPPO LIPPI

SANDRO BOTTICELLI

DOMENICO GHIRLANDAIO

FILIPPINO LIPPI

PIETRO PERUGINO

LEONARDO DA VINCI,

RAPHAEL

MICHELANGELO

ANDREA DEL SARTO

GIOVANNI BELLINI

VITTORE CARPACCIO

GIORGIONE

TITIAN

TINTORETTO

PAUL VERONESE

The Book of Art for Young People by Conway

Red Riding Hood by G.F. Watts


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Running time: 4 hours, 12 minutes

01 Introduction

02 The Thirteenth Century in Europe
Richard II before the Virgin and Child

03 Richard II
The Three Maries by H. Van Eyck

04 The Van Eycks

Saint Jerome in his study by Antonello da Messina

05 The Renaissance
The Mystical Nativity by Sandro Botticelli

06 Raphael

The Knight's Dream by Raphael



07 The Renaissance in Venice

The Golden Age by Giorgione

08 The Renaissance in the North
St. George destroying the dragon by Tintoret

Edward, Prince of Wales, Afterward Edward VI by Holbein

09 Rembrandt

A Man in Armor by Rembrandt

10 Peter de Hoogh and Cuyp

An Interior by P. de Hoogh


Landscape with Cattle by Cuyp


11 Van Dyck

William II of Orange by Van Dyck


12 Velasquez

Don Balthazar Carlos by Velaszquez

13 Reynolds and the Eighteenth Century

The Duke of Gloucester by Sir J. Reynolds

14 Turner

The Fighting Temeraire by Turner

15 The Nineteenth Century

Modern Kids: Nicholas Nixon, The Brown Sisters. 1975-2005.

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