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26. Key to Renaissance Art
 
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27. Art in Renaissance Italy
  Author(s): Radke, Gary M., Paolettii, John T.

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Witha freshness and breadth of approach that sets the art in its context, this book explores why works were created and who commissioned the palaces, cathedrals,... More about this book >>
28. Architecture in Italy, 1400-1600
  Author(s): Lotz, Wolfgang, Heydenreich, Ludwig H.

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In 15th-century Florence, Brunelleschi's buildings and Alberti's treatise first established the principles of Italian Renaissance architecture in practice... More about this book >>
29. Raphael and the Beautiful Banker
  Author(s): Brown, David Alan, Nimmen, Jane Van

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How one of the most beautiful portraits in all of Western art made its adventurous passage through the centuries, from Renaissance Rome to the Mall in... More about this book >>
30. Parmigianino
  Author(s): Ekserdjian, David

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The definitive book on one of the most original and inventive artists of the Renaissance period More about this book >>
31. Comanini's "the Figino", or "on the Purpose of Painting"
 
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In this treatise on the purpose of painting, written in the Counter-Reformation, Comanini addresses the most hotly debated issues of the time, drawing... More about this book >>
32. Medici, Michelangelo and the Art of Late Renaissance Florence
  Author(s): Acidini, Cristina, Chiarini, Marco, Cox-Rearick, Janet

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This volume focuses on art in the time of the Medici grand dukes, who were at the height of their powers from 1537 to 1631. It shows how the Medici used... More about this book >>
33. Painting in Renaissance Florence, 1500-1550
  Author(s): Franklin, David

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This text seeks to overturn assumptions about the way art evolved in Renaissance Florence. It challenges the usefulness of the terms "High Renaissance"... More about this book >>
34. Nature Illuminated
  Author(s): Hendrix, Lee, Vignau-Wilberg, Thea

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"Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta" is a flamboyant demonstration of two arts - calligraphy and miniature painting - which were produced in the court of Emperor... More about this book >>
35. Formal Design in Renaissance Architecture
  Author(s): Furnari, Michele

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36. Renaissance Treasury
  Author(s): Winters, Laurie, Bliss, Joseph R.

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37. Renaissance Self-portraiture
  Author(s): Woods-Marsden, Joanna

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An exploration of the genesis and early development of the genre of self-portraiture in Italy in the 15th and 16th centuries. The author examines a series... More about this book >>
38. Bellini and the East
  Author(s): Campbell, Caroline, Howard, Deborah, Chong, Alan

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39. Impact of Humanism
 
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Starting from Burckhardt's "The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy", this work seeks to explore its continuing relevance to an understanding of the... More about this book >>
40. Beyond the Naked Eye
  Author(s): Dunkerton, Jill, Billinge, Rachel

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41. Picturing Space, Displacing Bodies
  Author(s): Massey, Lyle

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Argues that we can only learn how and why certain kinds of spatial representation prevailed over others by carefully considering how Renaissance artists... More about this book >>
42. Defining the Renaissance 'Virtuosa'
  Author(s): Jacobs, Fredrika H.

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Jacobs examines art criticism on women artists who were active in Renaissance Italy. More about this book >>
43. Cabinet of Eros
  Author(s): Campbell, Stephen

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The Renaissance studiolo was a space devoted in theory to private reading. The most famous studiolo of all was that of Isabella d'Este, marchioness of... More about this book >>
44. Michelangelo's Last Judgment
  Author(s): Barnes, Bernadine

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This analysis of Michelangelo's "Last Judgement" argues that he designed his work for an elite audience with an understanding of art. It describes how... More about this book >>
45. Fictions of the Pose
  Author(s): Berger, Harry

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This is a discussion of the structure and meaning of portraiture through Italian and Dutch examples. The book looks what happens when attention is shifted... More about this book >>
46. Birth and Rebirth of Pictorial Space
  Author(s): White, John

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A work on Rennaisance art history, intended for students of history of art and of the Rennaissance. More about this book >>
47. Samuel H.Kress Study Collection at the University of Missouri
 
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Serving as a record of the University of Missouri's Kress collection, this text also recognizes the cultural significance of the American collector Samuel... More about this book >>
48. Business of Art
  Author(s): O'Malley, Michelle

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Set against a consideration of the background of the economic life of the period, the study widens the focus on commissions undertaken in Central Italy... More about this book >>
49. English Renaissance Miniature
  Author(s): Strong, Roy

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50. Marvel of Maps
  Author(s): Fiorani, Francesca

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