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Art & Society in Italy 1350 1500 by Evelyn Welch Publisher Comments The Italian Renaissance was a pivotal period in the history of Western culture during which artists such as Masaccio, Donatello, Fra Angelico, and Leonardo created some of the world's most influential and exciting works in a variety of artistic fields... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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Figures of Speech: Picturing Proverbs in Renaissance Netherlands by Walter S Gibson Publisher Comments "Walter Gibson, dean of Bruegel scholars, has done it again. His new book, like the proverbs it studies, instructs gently yet plainly in compact size. While it figures forth the depths of Bruegel's own passion for proverbs, this wide-ranging period study... (read more) List Price $49.95 Your price: $32.95 Sale - Hardcover
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The Revival of the Olympian Gods in Renaissance Art by Luba Freedman Publisher Comments In this study, Luba Freedman examines the revival of the twelve Olympian deities in the visual arts of sixteenth-century Italy. Renaissance representation of the Olympians as autonomous figures in paintings, sculpture and drawing were not easily... (read more) List Price $112.00 Your price: $30.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Secret Language of the Renaissance: Decoding the Hidden Symbolism of Italian Art by Richard Stemp Publisher Comments Magnificently illustrated throughout, and with a six-color gold-foil cover, this remarkable book provides an all-encompassing survey of the literature, painting, sculpture, architecture, and decorative arts of the Renaissance.... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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Giotto To Durer by Jill Dunkerton Synopsis The authors take a look at a variety of types of painting by artists such as Holbein, Raphael, Titian and Bronzino providing insight into the meanings of individual pictures and their purpose as they explore the materials, procedures, practices and the... (read more) List Price $50.95 Your price: $23.00 Used - Trade Paper
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From Heaven to Arcadia: The Sacred and the Profane in the Renaissance (New York Review Collections) by Ingrid D Rowland Publisher Comments From the revelations of classical statuary pulled from the Roman soil as the popes began rebuilding the city in the fifteenth century, to the myth of serenity that Venice constructed to conceal its physical and political fragility, to bloody yet cultured... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Renaissance Art (Brief Insight) by Geraldine A. Johnson Publisher Comments Botticelli, Holbein, da Vinci, Dürer, Michelangelo: these Renaissance masters are still revered today. But who were these artists, why did they produce such memorable works, and how were they viewed in their own time? Using vivid and engaging... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Sacred Image in the Age of Art: Titian, Tintoretto, Barocci, El Greco, Caravaggio by Marcia B. Hall Publisher Comments Underlying the religious art of the Renaissance is a tension between the needs of the Church and the impulse to create great works. This beautifully illustrated book presents sacred images from the 15th and 16th centuries, leading up to two pivotal... (read more) List Price $75.00 Your price: $69.75 New - Hardcover
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Renaissance Art (Chambers Arts Library) by Gerard Legrand Publisher Comments The works of great artists such as Titian, Botticelli, Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Dürer are stunningly reproduced in an exploration of this period of extraordinary creativity.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $6.75 Used - Trade Paper
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Key Monuments of the Italian Renaissance (Icon Edition: Art, Art History) by Laurie Schneider Adams Publisher Comments Organized chronologically from early Renaissance precursors to the Mannerist movement, from Giotto to Titian, Key Monuments of the Italian Renaissance describes and analyzes in depth from various points of view major works and major artists, from the... (read more) List Price $46.00 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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European Art of the Fifteenth Century (06 Edition) by Stefano Zuffi Publisher Comments Influenced by a revival of interest in Greco-Roman ideals and sponsored by a newly prosperous merchant class, fifteenth-century artists produced works of astonishingly innovative content and technique. The International Gothic style of painting, still... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Renaissance Faces: Van Eyck to Titian by Lorne Campbell Publisher Comments 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... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $28.00 Sale - Trade Paper
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Renaissance Art: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Geraldine A Johnson Publisher Comments Artists like Botticelli, Holbein, Leonardo, D�rer, and Michelangelo and works such as the Last Supper fresco and the monumental marble statue of David, are familiar symbols of the Renaissance. But who were these artists, why did they produce such... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Controversy of Renaissance Art by Alexander Nagel Publisher Comments Many studies have shown that images—their presence in the daily lives of the faithful, the means used to control them, and their adaptation to secular uses—were at the heart of the Reformation crisis in northern Europe. But the... (read more) Your price: $60.00 New - Hardcover
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Renaissance Artist at Work: From Pisano to Titian (Icon Editions) by Bruce Cole Publisher Comments This book gives the necessary background for the study and appreciation of Italian painting and sculpture from about 1250 to 1550. It tells how the artists learned their craft, the organization of their workshops, and the guilds they belonged to; how... (read more) List Price $38.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Flowers of the Renaissance by Celia Fisher Publisher Comments From the sunflower in Van Dyck’s self-portrait to roses scattered around Botticelli’s Venus to columbines in the borders of fifteenth-century manuscripts, flowers grace many Renaissance artworks. But their symbolism may not be understood by... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $25.00 Used - Hardcover
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Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy: A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Style (Oxford Paperbacks) by Michael Baxandall Publisher Comments Serving as both an introduction to fifteenth-century Italian painting and as a text on how to interpret social history from the style of pictures in a given historical period, this new edition to Baxandall's pre-eminent scholarly volume examines early... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Italian Renaissance Sculpture (World of Art) by Roberta J M Olson Publisher Comments The sculptors of the Italian Renaissance transformed their Classical and regional heritage. From about 1260 to 1600, these masters introduced revolutionary innovations in freestanding figures and portraits, while on reliefs convincing perspective was... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Renaissance Art (Beginner's Guides) by Tom Nichols Synopsis The fifteenth century saw the evolution of a distinct and powerfully influential European artistic culture. But what does the familiar phrase Renaissance Art actually refer to? Through engaging discussion of timeless works by artists such as Jan van Eyck,... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Italian Renaissance Painting: Colour Library (Phaidon Colour Library) by Sara Elliott Publisher Comments The series has always been highly regarded for its insight and authority, providing an invaluable introduction to key artists and movements in art history. Each volume contains an introductory essay, forty-eight full-page colour plates, accompanied by... (read more) List Price $11.75 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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