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Brunelleschi’s Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture

Author: Aasemoon

13 May

Recently [while I’ve not been doing any blogging] I’ve been doing a lot of re-reading. One of the books I recently re-read – ok, not exactly re-read but more like re-skimmed, just because I find it quite entertaining somehow – is Ross King’s book on “Brunelleschi’s Dome”.

Long story short, I now know that Ross King is probably one of my favourite history / art authors. This was the first book I read from him, as per the recommendation of a historian friend, and really had fun with it.

I think what I most enjoyed about the book is that it doesn’t feel like your classical history textbook. You’re not bombarded by a bunch of what most academics might consider important facts. Instead there’s attention to some personal and rather entertaining details in regards to the people and events involved. You get a good picture of why a certain character behaved a certain way or what was going on inside their head.

Now I’m just going to have to figure out which of his books I’m going to read next. Any suggestions?

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The Art of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

Author: Aasemoon

5 May

I recently picked up a copy of “The Art of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe” from my favourite comic book store [Kabooom, Zurich], and I must say I am thoroughly impressed. [And not just because Dolph Lundgren happens to have a picture with this. =D]

The book is a collection/documentation of, well, just about everything that there ever was to do with the He-Man universe.

The collection of illustrations in there, coming from all eras of He-Man, is just amazing.

All the maps are in there. There’s maps of Eternia in various eras, a map of Preternia, a map of Subternia, and a map of their part of the universe.

Now this is really cool, there’s a filmation cel in there with He-Man and Skeletor. =D [Yes, the actual cel is in a little pocket inside the book!]

And there’s a ton of preliminary art work and sketches in there, including concepts that were never used. There’s also a list of all the produced and unproduced toys, ideas for characters that were eventually dismissed [some of whom are actually quite interesting], and every bit of information there is to know about the creation and the evolution of this whole universe.

So yes, I really really love this. If you live in Zurich you can pick up a copy at the KABOOOM Comic Shop. Don’t miss out! =)

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Interstellar

Author: Aasemoon

1 May

So I was just wondering, is there a book? Because if there is then I definitely want it. =P

Good sci-fi is currently quite rare, and I have just been pleasantly surprised by how good this product of the current era turned out to be. Cheers to Christopher Nolan!

P.S: Yes thanks a lot, it turns out that is a novelization. And also a book related to the science of the whole thing. I’ll check them out.