History of Art & Design Styles: c 1400 to c 1600

Lisanne Heitel shows how a re-evaluation of coloration by Goethe and other renowned art theorists paved the way for a rediscovery of colours in the...

In 1882 the Berlin Kupferstichkabinett (Prints and Drawings Museum) acquired, from the collection of the Duke of Hamilton, Sandro Botticellis spect...

This richly illustrated and beautifully produced scholarly catalogue of the superlative collection of Renaissance and Baroque bronze figurative sta...

The Hamburg bankers son Aby Warburg (18661929) was one of the most influential art historians and cultural theorists of the 20th century. His lifes...

Painting has long dominated discussions of Netherlandish art. Yet in the sixteenth century sculpture was held in considerably higher regard than pa...

An important new examination of Islamic themes in the art of Albrecht DürerAlbrecht Dürers depictions of Muslim figures and subjects are considered...

Rembrandt, Vermeer, and the Gift in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Art offers a new perspective on the art of the Dutch Golden Age by exploring the inte...

The Dialogues by Portuguese painter and writer Francisco de Holanda give unprecedented insight into the opinions, preoccupations and character of M...

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) remains arguably the most powerful artist in the Western canon. Painter, sculptor, architect, poet, he redefine...

Unmatched in his ingenuity, technical prowess, and curiosity, Leonardo da Vinci (14521519) epitomizes the humanistic ideal of the Renaissance man: ...

Often imitated but never equaled, Jan van Eyck (c. 1390-1441) left an indelible impression on Renaissance art and paved the way for future realist ...

Art as we know it today would not exist without the Renaissance. Widely considered the most influential phenomenon in European art, architecture, l...

As cryptic as they are compelling, the masterpieces of Hieronymus Bosch (c. 14501516) remain some of the most enduring enigmas of the art world. Th...

Albrecht Dürer (14711528) was hailed in his lifetime as a founder of the Northern Renaissance, and his work revolutionized the art of printmaking. ...

In this study, Marina Belozerskaya re-establishes the importance of the Burgundian court as a center of art production and patronage in early moder...

The reception of Boccaccios works began early on, throughout Europe. This is reflected impressively in the splendidly illuminated manuscripts of Fi...

Over eight million people from all over the world flock to the Louvre every year for the opportunity to gaze upon Leonardo da Vinci's beguiling Ren...

Raphael (14831520) is considered the most important artist of the Italian High Renaissance alongside Michelangelo and Leonardo. In his short lifeti...

Raphael (14831520) is considered the most important artist of the Italian High Renaissance alongside Michelangelo and Leonardo. In his short lifeti...

One of the most accomplished human beings who ever lived, Leonardo da Vinci (14521519) remains a quintessential Renaissance genius. The perfect com...

One of the most accomplished human beings who ever lived, Leonardo da Vinci (14521519) remains a quintessential Renaissance genius. The perfect com...

An exploration of a crucial turning point in Italian art, the early 1300s in the city of Siena   In the early 1300s, the city of Siena gave rise to...

Winner, Alcuin Society Book Design Awards Second Prize (Prose Illustrated) and IPPY Award Silver Medal (Fine Arts) Gathering together just over 25...

There are over 1,000 catalogued works by Sir Peter Paul Rubens (15771640), the 16th-century flag bearer for Baroque drama, movement, and sensuality...

In early modern Europe, the emergence and development of print culture proved a powerful new method for producing and disseminating knowledge of Ru...

Hans Memling was one of the most important, prolific and versatile painters active in 15th-century Bruges, and one of the leading artists of the Ea...

The life and times of Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1526/301569) were marked by stark cultural conflict. He witnessed religious wars, the Duke of Al...

In a major analysis of pictorial forms from the late Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, Christopher Braider argues that the painted image provides a...

16th-century Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder redefined how people perceived human nature. Bruegel turned his critical eye to mankinds labo...

The great Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1526/311569) was an astoundingly inventive painter and draftsman, who made his art historica...

The great Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1526/311569) was an astoundingly inventive painter and draftsman, who made his art historica...

The untold story of Michelangelos final decadesand his transformation into the master architect of St. Peters BasilicaAs he entered his seventies, ...

The religious turmoil of the sixteenth century constituted a turning point in the history of Western Christian art. The essays presented in this vo...

This is the first in-depth historical study of Jan Gossart (ca. 1478-1532), one of the most important painters of the Renaissance in northern Europ...

One of the most accomplished human beings who ever lived, Leonardo da Vinci remains the quintessential Renaissance genius. Creator of the worlds mo...

Featuring detailed scenes of court pageantry and life-size portraits of members of the French Valois dynasty woven in wool, silk, and precious meta...

Close technical examinations of the techniques and materials of Edward Steichen, Mark Rothko, Jules Olitski, Jasper Johns, and others are accompani...

Polidoro da Caravaggio (c. 15001543), one of Raphaels most influential and distinctive followers, has not been well treated by time. His significan...

In 12 essays by a distinguished group of art historians, Art and Technology in Early Modern Europe explores the relationship between artistic and t...