History of art & design styles: c 1400 to c 1600 books

A vivid account of the life and work of Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli.  Read More >>

Accompanying a major traveling exhibition, this book examines the unique artistic and cultural exchange between...  Read More >>

Published to accompany a major exhibition at the Royal Academy, London, from 9 November, 2024 to 16 February, 2025....  Read More >>

The emblem was big business in early-modern Europe, used extensively not only in printed books and broadsheets,...  Read More >>

Firmly grounded in archival research, Sculpture Collections in Early Modern Spain transforms our knowledge regarding...  Read More >>

Positing Medici women’s patronage as a network of devotional, entrepreneurial and cultural activities that depended...  Read More >>

Printed images were widely disseminated in early-modern Britain, yet, by comparison with texts, they have been relatively...  Read More >>

The Ashgate Research Companion to Giorgio Vasari brings together the world's foremost experts on Vasari as well...  Read More >>

This book sheds new light on one of the most important artworks of the early Italian Renaissance, Ambrogio Lorenzetti’s...  Read More >>

This book explores the dual roles of legends about the apocryphal character of Veronica and the history of the ""true...  Read More >>

This book investigates the role of the architectural façade as an indicator of individual and communal cultural...  Read More >>

This stunning catalogue of 15th and 16thcentury Italian drawings from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen will showcase...  Read More >>

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A poetic new essay collection in which the symbols of the tarot brush up against life in a changing world. The...  Read More >>

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Genevieve Warwick brings a dual focus between art-making and art-viewing through an exploration of the early modern...  Read More >>

Placing Prints: New Developments in the Study of Print, 1400-1800 considers the diverse social, historical and cultural...  Read More >>

Masculinities and Representation reveals how gender construction served to affirm but also diversify premodern masculinity....  Read More >>

The book examines the representation of affective complexity in the literary and pictorial arts of Northern Europe...  Read More >>

The book examines the myth of Hercules and Omphale which became an important topic in the visual arts, 1500-1800....  Read More >>

A marvelous art book that reveals the unknown face of the Renaissance and the craze for monsters Hieronymous Bosch...  Read More >>

An exploration of Parmigianino’s greatest Roman painting, TheVision of Saint Jerome, illuminated the artist’s dynamic...  Read More >>

Condivi’s unparalleled biography presents his friend Michelangelo’s life, work and struggles in the world of Papal...  Read More >>

Francisco de Holanda’s Dialogues record Michelangelo’s participation in art discussions hosted by Vittoria Colonna,...  Read More >>