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  • Convicting the Innocent

    Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong

    by Brandon Garrett ...
    This probing analysis of three of Giotto’s major works and the patrons who commissioned them goes beyond the clichés of Giotto as the founding figure of western painting. It traces the interactions between Franciscan friars and powerful bankers and illuminates the complex interactions between mercantile wealth and the iconography of poverty. ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

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  • The Swerve: How the World Became Modern

    How the World Became Modern

    by Stephen Greenblatt ...
    Winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Non-FictionWinner of the 2011 National Book Award for Non-FictionOne of the world's most celebrated scholars, Stephen Greenblatt has crafted both an innovative work of history and a thrilling story of discovery, in which one manuscript, plucked from a thousand years of neglect, changed the course of human thought and made possible the world as we know it ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling

    by Ross King ...
    From the acclaimed author of Brunelleschi's Dome and Leonardo and the Last Supper, the riveting story of how Michelangelo, against all odds, created the masterpiece that has ever since adorned the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.In 1508, despite strong advice to the contrary, the powerful Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo Buonarroti to paint the ceiling of the newly restored Sistine Chapel in ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Renaissance

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Jerry Brotton ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    More than ever before, the Renaissance stands as one of the defining moments in world history. Between 1400 and 1600, European perceptions of society, culture, politics and even humanity itself emerged in ways that continue to affect not only Europe but the entire world. This wide-ranging exploration of the Renaissance sees the period as a time of unprecedented intellectual excitement and cultural ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • Mona Lisa

    A Life Discovered

    by Dianne Hales ...
    Everybody knows her smile, but no one knows her story: Meet the flesh-and-blood woman who became one of the most famous artistic subjects of all time—Mona Lisa.A genius immortalized her. A French king paid a fortune for her. An emperor coveted her. Every year more than nine million visitors trek to view her portrait in the Louvre. Yet while everyone recognizes her smile, hardly anyone knows her ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti

    Enriched edition. A Victorian Romantic Biography of a Renaissance Genius—Art, Inner Turmoil, and Masterpieces

    by John Addington Symonds ...
    In "The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti," John Addington Symonds offers a meticulously researched and richly detailed biographical account of one of the Renaissance's most illustrious figures. Blending narrative with critical analysis, Symonds employs a literary style characterized by vivid imagery and eloquent prose, effectively capturing the emotional and intellectual fervor of Michelangelo's ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Short History of the Italian Renaissance

    by Kenneth R. Bartlett ...
    Award-winning lecturer Kenneth R. Bartlett applies his decades of experience teaching the Italian Renaissance to this beautifully illustrated overview. In his introductory Note to the Reader, Bartlett first explains why he chose Jacob Burckhardt's classic narrative to guide students through the complex history of the Renaissance and then provides his own contemporary interpretation of that ... Read more

    $56.99 USD

  • Mona Lisa

    The People and the Painting

    by Martin Kemp, Giuseppe Pallanti ...
    Read this book and the world's most famous image will never look the same again. For the world's greatest cultural icon still has secrets to reveal - not the silly secrets that the 'Leonardo loonies' continue to advance, but previously unknown facts about the lives of Leonardo, his father, Lisa Gherardini, the subject of the portrait, and her husband Francesco del Giocondo. From this factual ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Caravaggio

    by Félix Witting, M.L. Patrizi ...
    After staying in Milan for his apprenticeship, Michelangelo da Caravaggio arrived in Rome in 1592. There he started to paint with both realism and psychological analysis of the sitters. Caravaggio was as temperamental in his painting as in his wild life. As he also responded to prestigious Church commissions, his dramatic style and his realism were seen as unacceptable. Chiaroscuro had existed ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Leonardo da Vinci: Artist, Inventor and Scientist - Art History Lessons for Kids | Children's Art Books

    by Baby Professor ...
    Young Leonardo da Vinci was very curious. He would closely observe the world around him and pay great attention to details. If you look at his work, you will notice a keen sense of details. It’s as if he memorized and replicated every little thing he sees. This art history lesson for kids will give you a glimpse into the curious mind of Leonardo. Grab a copy today! ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Knights of Art: Stories of the Italian Painters

    by Amy Steedman ...
    A great book that introduces famous Italian artists to children.ContentsGiotto -- Fra Angelico -- Masaccio -- Fra Filippo Lippi -- Sandro Botticelli -- Domenico Ghirlandaio -- Filippino Lippi -- Pietro Perugino -- Leonardo da Vinci -- Raphael -- Michelangelo -- Andrea del Sarto -- The Bellini -- Vittore Carpaccio -- Giorgione -- Titian -- Tintoretto -- Paul Veronese. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Caravaggio and artworks

    by Félix Witting, M.L. Patrizi ...
    After staying in Milan for his apprenticeship, Michelangelo da Caravaggio arrived in Rome in 1592. There he started to paint with both realism and psychological analysis of the sitters. Caravaggio was as temperamental in his painting as in his wild life. As he also responded to prestigious Church commissions, his dramatic style and his realism were seen as unacceptable. Chiaroscuro had existed ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus