Explores how the Renaissance shaped the history of modern Europe, focusing on the painters, sculptors, designers, and craftsmen who influenced the era's architecture.
Attempts to analyze hidden meanings and secret messages in over 100 Renaissance masterpieces by great artists including Leonardo da Vinci, Donatello, and Michelangelo.
banking, metaphysics, and art in fifteenth-century Florence
Parks, Tim
2005
Presents an overview of the history of the Medici family, Florentine bankers and one of Europe's great dynasties, including information on how they built a fortune in banking by lending money at interest.
Giotto, Masaccio, Fra Filippo Lippi, Botticelli, Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, Titian
Vasari, Giorgio
2005
Profiles the lives and art of the most representative figures of Italian Renaissance painting and sculpture including Raphael, Michelangelo, and Giotto.
Presents a concise overview of Renaissance art from Italy and Northern Europe and provides biographical sketches on key Renaissance artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael as well as over one hundred forty color reproductions.
Presents an examination of the work of Michelangelo, in words and photographs, culled from primary documents such as his letters, poetry, and notes, and provides insights into how the artist perceived himself. Includes maps and biographical information.
This new volume gives readers an intimate look at the life of one of history's most brilliant and accomplished men. Filled with more than 100 full-color illustrarions.
Chronicles the life and career of German artist Albrecht Durer, focusing on how his work reflected some of the most momentous events in early modern Europe history.
