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  • Bad Blood

    Rivalry and Art History

    by Clayton Schuster ...
    Why is there so much bad blood involved in the stories of artists and their artworks? Immerse yourself in 18 infamous artistic rivalries, dramatized with gripping moments of narrative, to understand how the rivalries that art fans love to gossip about serve a larger purpose in the way cultures approach the idea of art and the artist. Why did Michelangelo loathe Raphael for decades after the latter ... Read more

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  • The Genius in the Design

    Bernini, Borromini, and the Rivalry That Transformed Rome

    by Jake Morrissey ...
    "The remarkable story of the two seventeenth-century geniuses. . . . A highly successful double biography." — BooklistThe rivalry between the brilliant seventeenth-century Italian architects Gianlorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini is the stuff of legend. Enormously talented and ambitious artists, they met as contemporaries in the building yards of St. Peter's in Rome, became the greatest ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Michelangelo

    A Life in Six Masterpieces

    by Miles J. Unger ...
    This is the life of one of the most revolutionary artists in history, told through the story of six of his greatest masterpieces: “The one indispensable guide for encountering Michelangelo on his home turf” (The Dallas Morning News).Michelangelo stands alone as a master of painting, sculpture, and architecture, a man who reinvented the practice of art itself. Throughout his long career he clashed ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Bernini

    His Life and His Rome

    by Franco Mormando ...
    A biography of the celebrated Italian artist and his influence on the Baroque style that defines and immortalizes Rome.Sculptor, architect, painter, playwright, and scenographer, Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680) was the last of the great universal artistic geniuses of early modern Italy, placed by both contemporaries and posterity in the same exalted company as Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Michelangelo, God's Architect

    The Story of His Final Years and Greatest Masterpiece

    by William E. Wallace ...
    The 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 past. Anguished by the death of friends and discouraged by the loss of commissions to younger artists, this supreme painter and sculptor began ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The History of Art in 50 Paintings (Illustrated)

    by Delphi Classics, Peter Russell ...
    Series Book 36 - Delphi Masters of Art
    This stunning eBook is a concise illustrated guide, evaluating the masterpieces that have changed the course of art as we know it. Whether an art novice or a cultivated connoisseur, this eBook offers you an intriguing overview of the world’s most famous and iconic artworks. Illustrated with over 500 full colour images, it builds upon Delphi’s groundbreaking Masters of Art Series — the world’s ... Read more

    $3.44 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • No Vulgar Hotel: The Desire and Pursuit of Venice

    The Desire and Pursuit of Venice

    by Judith Martin, Eric Denker ...
    “Add No Vulgar Hotel to the list of books you must read before you come to Venice.”—Donna LeonThis is the definitive book for managing an incurable passion for a decaying, water-logged village. Whether you already have a raging case of Venetophilia or are among the fifteen million people who yearly put themselves in danger of contracting it, here is where you get your fix of Venetian wit, history, ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Botticelli's Secret

    The Lost Drawings and the Rediscovery of the Renaissance

    by Joseph Luzzi ...
    **One of The New Yorker's Best Books of the Year"A lively book.…[Luzzi] brilliantly sets the operatic stage of vibrant, violent Renaissance Florence and brings to life the characters who helped resurrect Botticelli." —Max Norman, Wall Street Journal**Some five hundred years ago, Sandro Botticelli, a painter of humble origin, created works of unearthly beauty. A star of Florence’s art world, he was ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Sprezzatura

    50 Ways Italian Genius Shaped the World

    by Peter D'Epiro, Mary Desmond Pinkowish ...
    A witty, erudite celebration of fifty great Italian cultural achievements that have significantly influenced Western civilization from the authors of What Are the Seven Wonders of the World?“Sprezzatura,” or the art of effortless mastery, was coined in 1528 by Baldassare Castiglione in The Book of the Courtier. No one has demonstrated effortless mastery throughout history quite like the Italians. ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Lazio (including Rome) – Blue Guide Chapter

    from Blue Guide Central Italy

    by Alta Macadam ...
    Series series Blue Guides
    This ebook is an extract from Blue Guide Central Italy, with superb regional maps, town maps and site plans. Includes a comprehensive historical introduction, practical information on where to eat and stay, and information about local food and wine.Lazio, the region of Italy which includes Rome, is the ancient heartland of the Etruscans, a land which enchanted D.H. Lawrence and which remains well ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Complete Idiot's Guide to Italian History and Culture

    by Gabrielle Euvino ...
    You’re no idiot, of course. You know there’s more to Italy’s rich tapestry than spaghetti and the Sicilian Mafia, but you also know you have a lot to learn about the country that brought you the paintings of Michelangelo, the poetry of Dante, and the Ferrari of your dreams.Get ready to indulge! The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Italian History and Culture will satisfy your thirst for all things ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Secrets of Italy

    People, Places, and Hidden Histories

    by Corrado Augias ...
    Translated by Alta L. Price ...
    One of Italy's best-known writers takes a Grand Tour through her cities, history, and literature in search of the true character of this contradictory nation. There is Michelangelo, but also the mafia. Pavarotti, but also Berlusconi. The debonair Milanese, but also the infamous captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship. This is Italy, admired and reviled, a country that has guarded her secrets ... Read more

    $13.99 USD