"Sandro Botticelli ranks as one of the most outstanding artists of the Renaissance. Regarded as the inventor of the mythology painting and the creator of the first life-sized nude in modern...
In this newly revised edition of his widely acclaimed work, Peter Burke presents a social and cultural history of the Italian Renaissance. He discusses the social and political institutions...
Venice, home of Tiepolo, Canaletto, Piranesi, Piazzetta, and Guardi, was the most artistic city of eighteenth-century Italy. This beautiful book examines the whole range of the arts in...
Venice, home of Tiepolo, Canaletto, Piranesi, Piazzetta, and Guardi, was the most artistic city of eighteenth-century Italy. This beautiful book examines the whole range of the arts in...
In de eerste helft van de twintigste eeuw, en vooral tijdens de interbellum, brachten particuliere verzamelaars en musea in Nederland een grote hoeveelheid Italiaanse kunst, zowel...
This is the first book published in forty years featuring the painted façades of Florentine palaces. A topic of enormous interest since Florence is one of the most visited and admired cities...
This up-to-date, well-illustrated, and thoughtful introduction to the life and works of one of the giants of Western Painting also surveys the golden age of Venetian Painting from Giovanni...
Considers the business of picture-making in the Renaissance. In particular, the text discusses the role of the artist and the functions of works of art in relation to their various kinds of...
This book is a panoramic view of the richest 300 years of Italian art: the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, which saw the creation of a constellation of masterpieces of...
This is the first book published in forty years featuring the painted façades of Florentine palaces. A topic of enormous interest since Florence is one of the most visited and admired cities...
