Hampton Court Palace

Arts & Photography

Osborne, June

Architecture

The Stationery Office/Tso

Urbino: The Story of a Renaissance City

During the Renaissance, the Italian city of Urbino rivaled Florence and Siena as a center of art, culture, and commerce. Chances are you've never heard of it—but you should have. Raphael was born there. Piero della Francesca painted his famous The Flagellation there. And the city's exquisite Ducal Palace, its twin towers piercing the sky, remains a striking monument to grace and power. Yet despite all its past glory and present charm, Urbino is practically unknown to tourists today. With Urbino: The Story of a Renaissance City, art historian June Osborne brings to life not only the great city and its art but also its turbulent history and the intrigue surrounding its ruling family. First settled by the ancient Umbrians, Urbino reached its zenith during the fifteenth century under the rule of Duke Federico da Montefeltro and his son Guidobaldo. Federico may have been a usurper and a fierce, opportunistic warlord, but his lust for power was more than matched by his passion for great art. Indeed it was under his direct guidance that the magnificent Ducal Palace was built—its perfectly proportioned courtyard a wonder of early Renaissance architecture. Today the Ducal Palace hosts the National Gallery of the Marches, one of the most important art galleries in Italy, featuring works by no lesser lights than Raphael, Uccello, Piero della Francesca, and Titian. Exploring such sites as the fourteenth-century Oratorio di San Giovanni Battista and the Gothic Church of San Domenico, Osborne captures not only the startling beauty of Urbino and the Apennine foothills but also the tumultuous legacy of Frederico and his son (and their many wives and courtiers). With over a hundred lavish color photographs, many by renowned landscape photographer Joe Cornish, Urbino is the best—and the only—guide to this gem of the Italian Marches.

History & Criticism

University of Chicago Press

Follows a year in the life of the Northern Cardinal, detailing how the birds stake out territory, choose mates, care for their young, cope with predators, and survive adverse weather and shortages of food.

The Cardinal (Corrie Herring Hooks Series)

Science & Math

University of Texas Press

In this inviting guide, June Osborne and Barbara Garland follow a year in the life of the Northern Cardinal with a fact-filled text and glowing color photographs. They describe how cardinals stake out territory and choose mates, find a nesting site and incubate their eggs, feed the young and prepare them for full-fledged independence. The Cardinal also explores the special relationship that humans have with their favorite redbirds. Osborne traces the symbolic use of cardinals as state birds (Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia) and athletic mascots and shows how they appear on everything from postage stamps to Christmas cards, as well as in fine art, literature, and Native American folklore.

Biological Sciences

There is no mistaking a hummingbird. Even people who hardly know a robin from a sparrow recognize that flash of iridescent feathers and the distinctive hovering flight. So popular have "hummers" become that even casual birdwatchers now travel great distances to hummingbird hot spots to see masses of birds in their annual migrations. In this invitingly written book, June Osborne paints a fully detailed portrait of perhaps the best-known hummingbird in the United States, the ruby-throat. Drawing from her own birdwatching experiences, she offers an "up close and personal" look at a female ruby-throat building her nest and rearing young, as well as an account of a day in the life of a male ruby-throat and stories of the hummers' migrations between their summer breeding grounds in the United States and Canada and their winter homes in Mexico and Central America. In addition to this life history, Osborne recounts early hummingbird sightings and tells how the bird received its common and scientific names. After an overview of hummingbirds' distinctive ways of feeding, flying, and conserving energy, she offers a detailed description of the ruby-throat that will help you tell females from males, immature birds from adults, and ruby-throats from similar species. Osborne also takes you on a visit to the "Hummer/Bird Celebration!" at Rockport, reviews hummingbird banding programs, and explains how to attract hummingbirds to your yard or apartment balcony.

The Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Corrie Herring Hooks Series)

Nature & Ecology

Urbino : The Story of a Renaissance City

Frances Lincoln

Kaye & Ward

"Probably the best-loved of all British palaces, Hampton Court Palace is visited by over a million people every year, either to see the State Rooms, view the superb art collection or admire the splendid gardens, the Royal Tennis Court, the Great Vine and the Maze...This book provides a history of Hampton Court Palace detailed enough to satisfy the scholar yet fascinating enough to please the casual reader." - from blurb on front flap.

Over 100 examples of Piper's work from around the world are illustrated in rich color and b&amp;w, providing a historical catalogue for an exhibition which could never be staged. In collaboration with Piper's widow, who gave free access to his studio, the author discusses the artist's chronological development, his techniques, and the religious imperatives behind much of the work. The volume reproduces Piper's important text Stained Glass: Art or Anti-Art (1968) and provides a full list of his designs in stained glass with notes on their composition, setting, and theme. Distributed by Books International. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

John Piper and Stained Glass

Sutton Pub Ltd

June Osborne really would rather be birding than doing just about anything else, and in this charming book of personal reflections, she leads readers through backyards and river bottoms, far and near, savoring the colors, sounds, and playful busy-ness of American Robins, Hooded Orioles, Vermilion Flycatchers, Common Loons, Varied Thrushes, and a hundred other feathered friends. Osborne has introduced thousands of home owners to their common backyard birds. In her book’s opening chapter “Exploring the Backyard,” she features birds people are likely to see around their (mostly) Texas homes. She also introduces some birding tricks of the trade, such as “pishing” and birding by ear. “Travel Is for the Birds,” she shares her birding and nature experiences traveling to such places as Tierra del Fuego, Chile, and Costa Rica, as well as to Arizona and Minnesota in the United States. Her final chapter, “In Love with a River,” chronicles Osborne’s long “love affair” with the Frio River in the Texas Hill Country, where, in April, she is resident birder at Neal’s Lodges, a familiar birding site and stop of the Nature Quest festival held in the Hill Country every spring. Osborne writes with an intimate style that often involves her life journey as well as her bird encounters. While giving us a glimpse of one woman’s spiritual growth through her experiences with birds and nature, Osborne also conveys a wealth of information about birds, both familiar and exotic, and about the enjoyment one can have in getting to know them.

I’d Rather Be Birding (Wardlaw Books)

Reference

Texas A&M University Press

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Hampton Court Palace

Urbino: The Story of a Renaissance City

The Cardinal (Corrie Herring Hooks Series)

The Cardinal (Corrie Herring Hooks Series)

The Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Corrie Herring Hooks Series)

Urbino : The Story of a Renaissance City

Hampton Court Palace

Hampton Court Palace

John Piper and Stained Glass

I’d Rather Be Birding (Wardlaw Books)