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      ISBN: 0385721307

      ISBN13: 9780385721301

      Quattrocento

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      Book Overview

      Matt O'Brien, an assistant curator and art restorer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, has always been passionate about the Italian Renaissance. But when he discovers a long-neglected portrait of a beautiful woman among the museum's miles of storage bins, he becomes obsessed--and not only because he suspects that the painting is by Leonardo da Vinci. Something about the mysterious woman's exquisite face stirs his memory, and when Matt finds himself spun across the centuries into Quattrocento Italy, where he arrives perfectly attired in 15th century clothing, he appears to be free to pursue her. A magically woven, richly detailed debut, Quattrocento tells an unforgettable tale of art, and love, and the unexpected places places where they meet.

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      Rated 4 stars
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      As previous reviews note, this is not a perfect book. It is, however, a clever and beautifully written one. The way that Matt - aware of the low-key, easily-overlooked disjunctures occurring around him, but not of their import - eases without intention into his travel through time, is unique and interesting. The smooth interweaving of a wonderful amount of information about music and painting is not only necessary to the...

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      A Timeless Love

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      Quattrocento, the first novel by luthier James N. McKean, is a thoroughly engrossing love story about an art restorer who falls in love with the fifteenth century portrait of a beautiful woman. The story, which involves time travel to fifteenth century Italy, is filled with wonderful, accurate detail about art, and gorgeous descriptions of both past and present. McKean is clearly very knowledgeable about art and art history,...

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