Dibben przemyślenie ukazuje, jak sztuka może wpływać na nasze życie, przekształcając je i nadając mu nowe znaczenie. An art historical set in Renaissance Venice was just the enticement I needed to pick up A Color Storm. This intriguing, if slightly heavy handed, story begins with Giorgione (or Zorzo as he is known in the book) struggling with debts and in need of commissions to help pay the bills – but in Venice, competition is high until he hears of a mysterious and valuable colour pigment that could help make his name as an artist.

Overall, I found the book superbly written and an interesting premise, with a slightly flat ending that even so didn't detract from the fact that I enjoyed it. An opportunity arises when a wealthy German merchant, Jakob Fugger, arrives in Venice and is said to be looking for an artist to paint an altarpiece for St Peter’s Basilica. I don’t often wish for more pages but I think this is a time when they could have been put to good use. By focusing on the dark side of life in 16th century Venice, Dibben creates plenty of atmosphere, and although the parts of the book that concentrate on Zorzo’s relationship with Sybille interested me less, I found this an enjoyable read overall. All this surrounds a proper good old adventure story with romance, mystery and exciting twists in spades!

Dobrze zobrazował też realia tamtych czasów i sposób działania pracowni malarskich oraz sam akt malowania. All this led to me becoming fascinated with the love of lapis lazuli colour in Renaissance life and the way it could make a painting majestic and how people would almost kill for it.

Zielony - Nadzieja i Odnowa: Zielony symbolizuje odrodzenie, nadzieję i harmonię z przyrodą, pojawia się w kontekście przyrody i jej uzdrawiającej mocy. Damian Dibben showed us the colorful but also darker side of Renaissance Venice, which was such an extraordinary time in history. A compelling thriller that takes us to the heart of sixteenth century Venice where the world’s most famous painters compete to win the greatest commission of their lives. Spectacularly written, The Colour Storm by Damian Dibben, explores the impact colour had on Renaissance life and painting. As the water levels rise and the plague creeps ever closer, an increasingly desperate Zorzo isn't sure whom he can trust .My heart sank a bit when I started to grasp the direction of the story, but the writing was so good that I was pulled into it against my assumptions, and really quite enjoyed it. W powieści kolory odgrywają ogromnie istotną rolę, mającą zarówno symboliczne, jak i praktyczne znaczenie. JRR: “After all these years, Zorzo is still surprised, and gratified, by the notion of a painter being famous. HNS Awards have helped discover and launch the author careers of Michel Faber, Ruth Downie, Hilary Green, Martin Sutton, Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott, Nikki Marmery, Margaret Skea, Warwick Cairns, Katherine Mezzacappa and Elizabeth Macneal. The colour has been prominent element in such story as more description has focused on colour and its implication and effect upon the surrounding atmosphere.

However it’s also ok if your walls are already painted or are made of gyprock / drywall / plasterboard or plaster. At least the ones I've read in the past have been set in those cities so it's been nice to read one set in Venice. When a wealthy merchant discovers a mysterious new pigment, he knows it would create a masterpiece in the right hands.

Damian Dibben’s novels have been translated into twenty-seven languages and published in over forty countries. Instead he finds himself caught up in a conspiracy that stretches across Europe and a marriage coming apart inside one of the floating city's most illustrious palazzos. I really am a sucker for books that are about painters in Renaissance Italy and the fact that it's set in Venice I also found really amazing because I feel like most are set in Rome or Florence.

And, so this was bittersweet, but I definitely felt swept up in the world of the story and the author’s writing. However it’s also ok if your walls are already painted or are made of gyprock / drywall / plasterboard or plaster. The Colour Storm is the story of the Italian painter Giorgio Barbarelli, who lived and worked in Venice during the Renaissance. In an attempt to win Fugger’s favour, Zorzo agrees to paint a portrait of his wife, Sybille – but as he becomes closer to Sybille, he finds that he has become involved in a conspiracy which could have huge implications for the people of Europe.

As the water levels rise and the plague creeps ever closer, an increasingly desperate Zorzo isn't sure whom he can trust. With its themes of colour and invention, atmosphere of dark drama and revolutionary light, of grandeur and decadence, this is a searing tale of creation, ambition, rivalry and passion at one of the most seismic turning points in history.