Drawings by the great Italian Mannerist painter and poet Agnolo Bronzino (1503-1572) are extremely rare. This important and beautiful publication brings together for the first time nearly all of the sixty drawings attributed to this leading draftsman of...

From around 1250 to the close of the fifteenth century, the most important and original work being done in secular illumination was unquestionably in French vernacular history manuscripts. This volume celebrates the vivid historical imagery produced...

A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket. First edition. Cloth. 4to. 141 pp. Illus. with 168 b/w reproductions.

Hardcover with jacket in good condition. First edition. Jacket is marked, tanned and edge-worn. Rear upper edge of jacket is nicked. Light edge-wear on hardcover. Page block is lightly marked. Minor pen marks on one or two pages. Abrasion on page 23...

This comprehensive survey traces the development of portrait painting in Northern and Southern Europe during the Renaissance, when the genre first flourished. These two regions developed their own distinct styles and techniques but were also influenced...

From a leading art historian of Renaissance Italy, a compelling account of the artistic and cultural impact of the sack of sixteenth-century RomeIn this illustrated account of the sack of Rome as a cultural and artistic phenomenon, André Chastel reveals...

By Alexander Fuks. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 357-358.