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The Bookseller of Florence: Vespasiano da Bisticci and the Manuscripts that Illuminated the Renaissance by Dr Ross King
RRP: $16.76$11.73'A marvel of storytelling and a masterclass in the history of the book' WALL STREET JOURNALThe Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful frescoes and elegant buildings - the dazzling handiwork of the city's artists and architects. But equally... -
The Sistine Chapel: History of a Masterpiece by Antonio Forcellino
RRP: $32.25$21.65The Sistine Chapel is one of the world's most magnificent buildings, and the frescos that decorate its ceiling and walls are a testimony to the creative genius of the Renaissance. Two generations of artists worked at the heart of Christianity, over the... -
Holbein: His Life and Works in 500 Images: An illustrated exploration of the artist, his life and context, with a gallery of his paintings and drawings by Rosalind Ormiston 9780754835288
RRP: $21.92$17.13Hans Holbein the Younger's life is discovered through his artworks, his family, his patrons and the people who met him. Born into a family of talented artists, Holbein learnt to be a draughtsman, a painter, a portraitist, and a designer for woodcuts... -
Artemisia Gentileschi and Feminism in Early Modern Europe by Mary D. Garrard
RRP: $23.16$22.45Artemisia Gentileschi is by far the most famous woman artist of the pre-modern era. Her art addresses issues that resonate today, such as sexual violence and women's problematic relationship to political power. Her powerful paintings with their vigorous... -
Piero della Francesca and the Invention of the Artist by Machtelt Bruggen Israels 9781789143218
RRP: $23.16$17.18As one of the most innovative and enlightened painters of the early Italian Renaissance, Piero della Francesca knew how to capture the moment. He brought space, luminosity and unparalleled subtlety to painting, during an era that was aware it was forging... -
Raphael, Painter in Rome: A Novel by Stephanie Storey
RRP: $16.76$10.55Another Fabulous Art History Thriller by the Bestselling Author of Oil and Marble, Featuring the Master of Renaissance Perfection: Raphael! Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling is one of the most iconic masterpieces of the Renaissance. Here, in Raphael,... -
Nicholas Hilliard: Life of an Artist by Elizabeth Goldring
RRP: $51.60$45.40This illustrated biography follows Nicholas Hilliard's long and remarkable life (c. 1547-1619) from the West Country to the heart of the Elizabethan and Jacobean courts. It showcases new archival research and stunning images, many reproduced in color for... -
Hans Holbein Hb by Oskar Batschmann
$42.52Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8 - 1543), one of the most versatile and admired painters of the Northern Renaissance, trained under his father in Augsburg and then worked for leading patrons in Switzerland before settling in England as Court Painter to... -
Frame Work: Honour and Ornament in Italian Renaissance Art by Alison Wright
RRP: $74.18$63.60"My husband Jan finished me on 17 June 1439. . . . My age was 33 years." So speaks Margaret van Eyck from the frame of her portrait. This painted inscription honors its maker Jan van Eyck, even as it blurs the distinction between living subject and... -
The Dance of Death by Hans Holbein
RRP: $12.89$9.17'The underlying message of the series is, of course, that Death comes for us all, and if it interrupts the recreations of the wealthy rather more insolently than those of the poor, then let that be a lesson to us' Nick Lezard, GuardianA new departure in... -
The Italian Renaissance Altarpiece: Between Icon and Narrative by David Ekserdjian
RRP: $83.85$69.34The comprehensive study of the Italian Renaissance altarpiece from the 13th to the early 17th century The altarpiece is one of the most distinctive and remarkable art forms of the Renaissance period. It is difficult to imagine an artist of the... -
The Last Leonardo: The Secret Lives of the World's Most Expensive Painting by Ben Lewis
RRP: $12.89$8.57In 2017 the Salvator Mundi was sold at auction for $450m. But is it a real da Vinci? In a thrilling narrative built on formidable research, Ben Lewis tracks the extraordinary journey of a masterpiece lost and found, lied and fought over... -
Notelets of Filth: A Companion Reader to MLM's Emilia by Laura Kressly
RRP: $45.14$39.80This collection of short, accessible essays serves as a supplementary text to Morgan Lloyd Malcolm's play, Emilia. Critically acclaimed and beloved by audiences, this innovative and ground-breaking show is a speculative history, an imaginative... -
Vermeer by Norbert Schneider
RRP: $19.35$14.65Though numbering just 35 known works, the oeuvre of Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) is hailed as one of the most important and inspiring portfolios in art history. His paintings have prompted a New York Times best seller, a film starring Scarlett Johansson,... -
The Wolf Hall Picture Book by Hilary Mantel
RRP: $25.80$17.72A photography book that is a vital accompaniment to the many fans of Hilary Mantel's bestselling Wolf Hall Trilogy 'At the very beginning of the twentieth century, Zola said, ''In my view you cannot claim to have... -
Michelangelo: His Epic Life by Martin Gayford
$29.09'An absorbing book, beautifully told and with the writer fully in command of a huge body of research' Philip Hensher, Mail on Sunday There was an epic sweep to Michelangelo's life. At 31 he was considered the finest artist in Italy, perhaps the world;... -
Raphael by David Ekserdjian
RRP: $51.60$46.43A definitive overview of one of the most celebrated figures of the Italian Renaissance Among the great figures of the Italian Renaissance, Raphael (1483-1520) is unarguably the artist who has been most widely and consistently admired across the... -
Carpaccio in Venice: A Guide by Patricia Fortini Brown
RRP: $22.58$15.49Tour the city of Venice through the panoramic paintings of one of its most celebrated chroniclers The lagoon city of Venice was home to some of the greatest painters of the Italian Renaissance. Among them was Vittore Carpaccio (c. 1465-1525), whose... -
The Medici - Portraits and Politics, 1512-1570 by Keith Christiansen
RRP: $64.50$56.82Portraits, an inherently personal subject, provide an engaging entry point to an exploration of the politics, patronage, and power in Renaissance Florence The Medici family ruled Florence without interruption between 1434 and 1494, but following their... -
Michelangelo and Beyond by Eva Michel 9783791377162
RRP: $58.05$41.55Michelangelo's nude drawings are celebrated for their depiction of the heroic figure. Emanating exceptional strength, monumentality, and vigorous emotions, his nudes became the standard bearers for centuries of figure drawing. This book examines the... -
Vincenzo Scamozzi and the Chorography of Early Modern Architecture by Ann Marie Borys
RRP: $51.59$45.23The first English-language overview of the contributions to Renaissance architectural culture of northern Italian architect Vincenzo Scamozzi (1548-1616), this book introduces Anglophone architects and historians to a little-known figure from a period... -
The Raphael Cartoons by Ana Debenedetti
RRP: $15.48$11.21Now on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the Raphael Cartoons are widely considered one of the glories of the Italian Renaissance. Made as full-scale design drawings for tapestries, their survival is remarkable given their original... -
Salvator Rosa: Paint and Performance by Helen Langdon 9781789145731
RRP: $23.16$17.18Painter, poet and actor Salvator Rosa was one of the most engaging and charismatic personalities of seventeenth-century Italy. Although a gifted landscape painter, he longed to be seen as the pre-eminent philosopher-painter of his age. This new account... -
Michelangelo, God's Architect: The Story of His Final Years and Greatest Masterpiece by William E. Wallace 9780691195490
RRP: $32.25$24.74The untold story of Michelangelo's final decades-and his transformation into one of the greatest architects of the Italian RenaissanceAs he entered his seventies, the great Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo despaired that his productive years were... -
Hans Holbein: The Artist in a Changing World by Jeanne Nuechterlein
RRP: $23.16$17.18Immensely skillful and inventive, Hans Holbein molded his approach to art-making during a period of dramatic transformation in European society and culture: the emergence of humanism, the impact of the Reformation on religious life and the effects of new... -
Michelangelo And The Pope's Ceiling by Ross King
RRP: $21.92$15.84In 1508, Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The thirty-three-year-old Michelangelo had very little experience of the physically and technically taxing art of fresco; and, at twelve thousand square feet,... -
Albrecht Durer by ,Christof Metzger
RRP: $64.49$49.16During his lifetime, Durer found tremendous success as a printmaker and painter, taking commissions from prominent figures such as Frederick the Wise, for whom Durer produced the masterpiece Adoration of the Magi, and Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I... -
Northern Renaissance Art by Susie Nash 9780192842695
RRP: $28.37$21.16This book offers a wide-ranging introduction to the way that art was made, valued, and viewed in northern Europe in the age of the Renaissance, from the late fourteenth to the early years of the sixteenth century. Drawing on a rich range of sources, from... -
Titian by Ian G. Kennedy
RRP: $19.35$14.65Immerse yourself in the rich shades and textures of Tiziano Vecellio (c. 1488-1576), commonly known as Titian, and the figurehead of 16th-century Venetian painting. With his bold approach to form and startling, opulent colors, Titian worked with a number... -
Renaissance Art: A Beginner's Guide by Tom Nichols
RRP: $12.89$9.17The 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... -
A History of Art History by Christopher Wood
RRP: $38.70$29.95An authoritative history of art history from its medieval origins to its modern predicamentsIn this wide-ranging and authoritative book, the first of its kind in English, Christopher Wood tracks the evolution of the historical study of art from the late... -
The Other Renaissance: From Copernicus to Shakespeare by Paul Strathern 9781838955182
RRP: $16.76$11.04'Enlightening and fascinating' John Banville, Wall Street JournalThrough the lives of major figures from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries, including Copernicus, Gutenberg, Luther, Catherine de Medici, Rabelais, van Eyck and Shakespeare, Paul... -
Tapestries by Rosita Sheen
RRP: $10.31$8.59Tapestries have been an enigmatic form of artwork for hundreds of years, with the intricate symbolism of their woven narratives still fascinating viewers today. Unicorns and fantastic beasts rub shoulders with well-heeled aristocrats; famous biblical and... -
Botticelli by Frank Zollner
RRP: $45.15$34.43Botticelli is one of the most admired artists of the Renaissance period and his seductive Venus and graceful Primavera are among the world's most recognisable works of art. This catalogue raisonne of Botticelli's paintings offers more than two hundred... -
Keeping an Eye Open: Essays on Art (Updated Edition) by Julian Barnes
RRP: $25.80$18.95The updated edition of Julian Barnes' best-loved writing on art, with seven new exquisite illustrated essays'Flaubert believed that it was impossible to explain one art form in terms of another, and that great paintings required no words of explanation... -
Albert and the Whale by Philip Hoare 9780008323295
RRP: $21.92$15.84A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR AN OBSERVER BEST ART BOOK OF 2021 SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2022 'This is a wonderful book. A... -
Leonardo Da Vinci: The Flights of the Mind by Charles Nicholl
RRP: $24.50$17.56Leonardo da Vinci is the most mysterious of all the great artists, continuing to inspire and intrigue centuries after his death. Who lies behind the legend of the 'Renaissance genius'? What is the real story behind his elusive masterpieces and... -
Techniques in Painting: Learning from the Dutch Masters by Brigid Marlin
RRP: $38.70$28.37A 'How to' book featuring painting techniques used by Dutch Renaissance Masters such as Rembrandt and Rubens, Bruegel and Bosch. This beautifully illustrated book for practising artists and art students examines everything there is to know about the... -
The Secret Language of the Renaissance: Decoding the Hidden Symbolism of Italian Art by Richard Stemp
RRP: $25.79$17.74We may never know what the Mona Lisa is really smiling about, but we do know that there's much more to the masterpieces of Renaissance art than the beauty that meets the eye. There are layers of significance hidden below the surface of the works of... -
The First Book of Fashion: The Book of Clothes of Matthaeus and Veit Konrad Schwarz of Augsburg by Ulinka Rublack
RRP: $47.72$41.56"Quite simply the most fascinating record of a '[fashion] victim' one could hope for." The Spectator This captivating study reproduces arguably the most extraordinary primary source documents in fashion history. Providing a revealing window onto the...