Renaissance

ISBN: 9781899828944
Published by : Pindar Press
One of the leading scholars of Italian Renaissance art, Rona Goffen has published numerous essays on Venetian painting, with particular emphasis on images of women from the Virgin Mary to the goddess Venus. The twenty papers published here incl... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783777480619
Published by : Hirmer Verlag GmbH
Series: Römische Studien der Bibliotheca Hertziana
Volume: 34
Central-plan buildings, i.e. churches constructed on a ground plan that is circular, square, polygonal or in the shape of a Greek cross, etc., have been among the central paradigms of the architecture of the period in Renaissance studies since Jac... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780897223423
Published by : American Numismatic Society
Series: Numismatic Studies
Volume: 31
Winner of the 2017 Numismatic Literary Guild: Best Book About World Coins Award

Handsomely bound in red leather, MS Typ 411 is one of thousands of rare editions, manuscripts, and d... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780714123455
Published by : British Museum Press
A beautiful and sumptuously illustrated book presenting the highlights of Renaissance court treasures

This book presents and explores the Waddesdon Bequest, the name given to the Kunstkammer or cabinet collection of Renaiss... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780714126920
Published by : British Museum Press
Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528), a major artist of the northern Renaissance and celebrity both during his own lifetime and since, was praised by his contemporaries and described shortly after his death as ‘the prince a... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780714150819
Published by : British Museum Press
Series: Objects in Focus
The Lacock Cup is one of England’s most important silver objects, and has a unique history. Made in the 1430s, it is one of a handful of pieces of secular silver from the Middle Ages, which survived the turmoil of the Reform... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788859612711
Published by : Edizioni Polistampa
Series: Universitario
Sculptor and painter, architect and engineer, but also a poet, Michelangelo has always been venerated as a genius, but he also gave rise to several debates that have often limited the understanding of his creative universe. This book, which is the... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788859611615
Published by : Edizioni Polistampa
The publication, outcome of the project Die kirchen von Siena and produced with the support of the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz , contains 28 inventories written between 1389 and 1547, that describe the movable properties kept in the Cath... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788859609490
Published by : Edizioni Polistampa
A long-awaited work, which describes from a multiplicity of perspectives one of the greatest artistic heritages of the fourteenth century. The first volume of the book, thanks to the contributions of well-known international scholars, describes th... .... Learn More