A social history of reception, this study focuses on sacred art and Catholicism in Rome during the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The five altarpieces examined here were painted by artists who are admired today - Caravaggio, Guercino, and...Loe edasi...
Yasmin Arshad, Chris Laoutaris, Catherine Richardson, Evelyn Tribble, Helen Smith, Lena Cowen Orlin
Sari: Arden Studies in Early Modern Material Culture
(Ilmumisaeg: 28-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: The Arden Shakespeare, ISBN-13: 9781350320703)
Were Renaissance women merely the silent subjects of the images of themselves they witnessed circulating in the visual cultures around them? Or did they have the opportunity to challenge these figurations? This collection of interdisciplinary essa...Loe edasi...
Hartmann Schedels Weltchronik was a groundbreaking illustrated encyclopedia and the most lavishly illustrated book ever printed in Europe. Featuring over 1,800 woodcuts, this complete facsimile faithfully reproduces a rare hand-colored copy, offerin...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 19-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691271675)
A richly illustrated investigation of how the adoption of canvas revolutionized Venetian Renaissance painting, from the Bellini and Titian to Veronese and TintorettoBetween the fifteenth and early seventeenth centuries, European pai...Loe edasi...
This book offers a distinctive and compelling examination of artworks as vital historical documents, utilizing a multifaceted lens to delve into the cultural and artistic landscape of a particular era. By analyzing Papal commissions in Rome from the...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: British Museum Press, ISBN-13: 9780714123547)
This book tells the remarkable story of a spectacular chance find of a pendant associated with Henry VIII and his first wife Katherine of Aragon, as well as Mary, their only surviving child. Known as the Tudor Heart, the object comprises a heart-shap...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 05-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Pennsylvania State University Press, ISBN-13: 9780271100418)
For centuries, both the Aztec and the Spanish sought to control catastrophic flooding in Tenochtitlan and later Mexico City, but their responses were about more than just engineering. What might seem like straightforward hydraulic projects emerge, u...Loe edasi...
A reappraisal of Veronese’s art as politically charged visual independence. Paolo Veronese’s sumptuous paintings, with their vibrant colors and theatrical elegance, have often been admired for their surface beauty but also questioned f...Loe edasi...
Repositions Ghiberti as a Renaissance innovator through his material and design brilliance. Lorenzo Ghiberti was the most celebrated sculptor of his day—praised by Alberti, admired by peers, and trusted with Florence’s most prestigious...Loe edasi...
Reveals the hidden power of medieval manuscript decoration and its lasting influence today. The overlooked art of late medieval English manuscript illumination—its initials, borders, and non-figurative designs—finally receives its firs...Loe edasi...
Documenting 50 years of conservation work on Titian’s paintings across VeniceDuring his meteoric career, Titian (1488/90–1576) created some of the most revolutionary paintings of his time. This book draws on the surprising discoverie...Loe edasi...
Marble as a theological tool: a guide to the medium favored by Late Gothic and Early Renaissance artists who sought to encapsulate the divineHow do you represent the divine and the central miracles of Christianity? Divine Presence...Loe edasi...
When the New World was really new, Theodore de Bry drew inspiration from historys great explorers to record its wonders. From Virginia and Florida to Brazil, his engravings captivated the European imagination with freshly discovered landscapes, cust...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Apr-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Chicago Press, ISBN-13: 9780226845203)
Reveals how art shaped the economy, social order, and legal claims during the rise of capitalism. In the sixteenth century, German goldsmiths played a unique role in articulating property claims and social values. These artisans shap...Loe edasi...
Leonardo Da Vinci is a unique collection of surprising revelations and quirky stories about one of the most amazing people ever to have lived. This engaging volume reveals Da Vincis phenomenal accomplishments, including mathematical discoveries, in...Loe edasi...
Olenka Horbatsch, Rebecca Snow, Charlotte Wytema, Stijn Alsteens, Susanne Bartels, Yvonne Bleyerveld, Flora Clark, Joanne Dyer, Stefaan Hautekeete, Anne van Oosterwijk...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Apr-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: British Museum Press, ISBN-13: 9780714136516)
The Low Countries were the economic and artistic powerhouse of northern Europe in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. This book charts the development and function of drawings as valuable records of creativity and exchange, shedding light on artis...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Apr-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Yale University Press, ISBN-13: 9780300284423)
An unprecedented investigation of painting on stone in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Italy that considers the ecological and artistic forces that made the genre transformative In 1530 the Venetian painter Sebastiano del Piombo (...Loe edasi...
Based upon a rich and previously underexplored body of source material, this book examines works Giorgio Vasari either thoughtfully designed for the Pieve. It expands our understanding of painting in Counter-Reformation Italy and the artistic produc...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-Mar-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009699037)
Based upon a rich and previously underexplored body of source material, this book examines works Giorgio Vasari either thoughtfully designed for the Pieve. It expands our understanding of painting in Counter-Reformation Italy and the artistic produc...Loe edasi...
