Tells the life story of Renaissance sculptor and painter Michelangelo, studying various examples and aspects of his work as well as the major artistic and cultural developments of his time.
Profiles the lives and works of the greatest artists of the Renaissance and explores the styles, techniques, and trends that defined the artistic creations of the era.
An illustrated analysis of Spain's golden age that discusses the relationships between Spanish art and Spain's political and socio-economic movements from the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries.
A study of medieval Italian art, considering how the works were created, where they were originally displayed, and what messages art patrons hoped to convey.
Series of impressionistic critical essays on the Renaissance, its people and its art, regarded as a scandal at the time of its original publication in 1873.