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Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1400 to 1600

Titian (Hardcover): Sir Claude Phillips Titian (Hardcover)
Sir Claude Phillips
R1,217 Discovery Miles 12 170 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Early Italian Art (Hardcover): Joseph Archer Crowe, Giovanni Battista Early Italian Art (Hardcover)
Joseph Archer Crowe, Giovanni Battista
R545 Discovery Miles 5 450 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Michelangelo (Paperback): Romain Rolland Michelangelo (Paperback)
Romain Rolland
R491 Discovery Miles 4 910 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Renaissance Art (Hardcover): Victoria Charles Renaissance Art (Hardcover)
Victoria Charles
R545 Discovery Miles 5 450 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Renaissance (Paperback): Walter Pater The Renaissance (Paperback)
Walter Pater
R524 Discovery Miles 5 240 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Renaissance Art (Hardcover): Victoria Charles Renaissance Art (Hardcover)
Victoria Charles
R992 Discovery Miles 9 920 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Early Italian Painting (Hardcover): Joseph Archer Crowe, Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle Early Italian Painting (Hardcover)
Joseph Archer Crowe, Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle
R992 Discovery Miles 9 920 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Renaissance Paintings (Hardcover): Victoria Charles Renaissance Paintings (Hardcover)
Victoria Charles
R992 Discovery Miles 9 920 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Florence - the Triumph of Beauty (Hardcover): Michael Gfoeller Florence - the Triumph of Beauty (Hardcover)
Michael Gfoeller
R1,719 R1,493 Discovery Miles 14 930 Save R226 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Literature and Devotion in Later Medieval England - A selection of manuscripts from Durham University Library (Paperback):... Literature and Devotion in Later Medieval England - A selection of manuscripts from Durham University Library (Paperback)
Richard Gameson
R478 Discovery Miles 4 780 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Art of Commemoration in the Renaissance - The Slade Lectures (Hardcover): Irving Lavin The Art of Commemoration in the Renaissance - The Slade Lectures (Hardcover)
Irving Lavin; Edited by Marilyn Aronberg Lavin
R1,264 Discovery Miles 12 640 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Titian, the Della Rovere Dynasty, and His Portrait of Guidobaldo II (Hardcover): Anne-Marie Eze, Matthew Hayes, Ian Kennedy,... Titian, the Della Rovere Dynasty, and His Portrait of Guidobaldo II (Hardcover)
Anne-Marie Eze, Matthew Hayes, Ian Kennedy, Ian Verstegen
R695 Discovery Miles 6 950 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Klesch portrait by Titian of Guidobaldo II with his son Francesco Maria represents the duke of Urbino in his full power as supreme commander of papal troops, with his heir next to him. This rare, full-length double portrait has only recently been attributed to Titian after undergoing extensive analyses and restoration, revealing a beautiful painting in non finito manner, with bravura impasto passages entirely characteristic of the master, all of which is illustrated and explained in this new book. Titian provided portraits for the greatest men and women of Europe, Charles V and Philip II of Spain primary among them. For years the Klesch portrait was dismissed as a workshop product - partly because poor condition hid its true quality, but also because it was not believed that Titian could have deigned to create one for Guidobaldo, whose father Guidobaldo della Rovere (1514-1574) and family had a long history of patronizing the artist. Recent research, however, has thrown Guidobaldo's geopolitical significance into relief. He was supreme commander of Venice, the Papal States and then Spain. He sent thousands of soldiers to the major conflicts of his day, particularly the defense of Malta (1565) and the Battle of Lepanto (1571) and his engineers were sought throughout Europe for their ingenuity. In this volume full of new research, Ian Verstegen reveals that Guidobaldo was not peripheral but central to Italian politics and was regarded at several points in history as a key figure who could bring peace or who could influence major conflicts on the Italian peninsula, particularly the War of Siena, and then Pope Paul IV's offensive war against Spain. Anne-Marie Eze gives the first comprehensive examination of the painting's provenance, outlining the portrait's vicissitudes and reception at different moments in its near 500-year history, reexamining received wisdom about its past ownership, and presenting new documentary evidence to expand on and fill gaps in our knowledge of its whereabouts. Finally, Matthew Hayes and Ian Kennedy reflect on the technique, date, recent conservation, and authorship of the painting, proving it to be a masterpiece that only the great Titian could have created.

Gallucci's Commentary on Durer's 'Four Books on Human Proportion' - Renaissance Proportion Theory... Gallucci's Commentary on Durer's 'Four Books on Human Proportion' - Renaissance Proportion Theory (Hardcover, Hardback ed.)
Giovanni Paolo Gallucci; Translated by James Hutson
R1,136 Discovery Miles 11 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci - Complete & Illustrated (Hardcover): Leonardo Da Vinci The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci - Complete & Illustrated (Hardcover)
Leonardo Da Vinci; Translated by Jean Paul Richter
R1,400 Discovery Miles 14 000 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Art of Experiment: Parmigianino at the Courtauld (Paperback): Ketty Gottardo, Guido Rebecchini The Art of Experiment: Parmigianino at the Courtauld (Paperback)
Ketty Gottardo, Guido Rebecchini
R967 Discovery Miles 9 670 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This stunning catalogue presents The Courtauld's outstanding collection of works by Renaissance artist Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, better known as Parmigianino (1503-1540). This catalogue accompanies a display of works by Parmigianino at The Courtauld, including his famous and enigmatic painting of the Virgin and Child, as well as drawn studies for his most ambitious projects such as the Madonna of the Long Neck and the frescoes of the church of Santa Maria della Steccata in Parma. The latter was the last and most important commission of his life and would have been his triumphal homecoming. Instead, Parmigianino became entangled in his experimental processes and failed to complete it, leading to his brief imprisonment for breach of contract. Fundamentally a draftsman at heart, Parmigianino drew relentlessly during his relatively short life, and around a thousand of his drawings have survived. The Courtauld's collection comprises twenty-four sheets. In preparation for the catalogue, new photography and technical examinations have been carried out on all the works revealing two new drawings that were previously unknown, hidden underneath their historic mounts. They have also helped to better identify connections between some of the drawings and the finished paintings for which they were conceived. The catalogue illustrates the whole Courtauld collection, which also includes two paintings and more than ten prints. As a printmaker, Parmigianino is considered to have been the first to experiment with etching in Italy and was a pioneer of the chiaroscuro woodcut technique. His refined and graceful compositions were much appreciated by his contemporaries and exalted by the artist and biographer Giorgio Vasari (1511-74). This catalogue and display have been curated by Gottardo and Rebecchini in collaboration with former and current research students at The Courtauld, and technical research has been conducted by members of The Courtauld Conservation Institute. A truly collaborative project, the catalogue sheds light on an artist who approached every technique with unprecedented freedom and produced innovative works which were studied and admired by artists and collectors for many years to come.

Signs of Power in Habsburg Spain and the New World (Hardcover): Jason McCloskey, Ignacio Lopez Alemany Signs of Power in Habsburg Spain and the New World (Hardcover)
Jason McCloskey, Ignacio Lopez Alemany
R3,905 R2,749 Discovery Miles 27 490 Save R1,156 (30%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Signs of Power in Habsburg Spain and the New World explores the representation of political, economic, military, religious, and juridical power in texts and artifacts from early modern Spain and her American viceroyalties. In addition to analyzing the dynamics of power in written texts, chapters also examine pieces of material culture including coats of arms, coins, paintings and engravings. As the essays demonstrate, many of these objects work to transform the amorphous concept of power into a material reality with considerable symbolic dimensions subject to, and dependent on, interpretation. With its broad approach to the discourses of power, Signs of Power brings together studies of both canonical literary works as well as more obscure texts and objects. The position of the works studied with respect to the official center of power also varies. Whereas certain essays focus on the ways in which portrayals of power champion the aspirations of the Spanish Crown, other essays attend to voices of dissent that effectively call into question that authority.

Controlled Painting (Hardcover, Reprint ed.): Frank Covino Controlled Painting (Hardcover, Reprint ed.)
Frank Covino
R1,046 Discovery Miles 10 460 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Fashion and Masculinity in Renaissance Florence (Hardcover): Elizabeth Currie Fashion and Masculinity in Renaissance Florence (Hardcover)
Elizabeth Currie
R4,579 Discovery Miles 45 790 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Dress became a testing ground for masculine ideals in Renaissance Italy. With the establishment of the ducal regime in Florence in 1530, there was increasing debate about how to be a nobleman. Was fashionable clothing a sign of magnificence or a source of mockery? Was the graceful courtier virile or effeminate? How could a man dress for court without bankrupting himself? This book explores the whole story of clothing, from the tailor's workshop to spectacular court festivities, to show how the male nobility in one of Italy's main textile production centers used their appearances to project social, sexual, and professional identities. Sixteenth-century male fashion is often associated with swagger and ostentation but this book shows that Florentine clothing reflected manhood at a much deeper level, communicating a very Italian spectrum of male virtues and vices, from honor, courage, and restraint to luxury and excess. Situating dress at the heart of identity formation, Currie traces these codes through an array of sources, including unpublished archival records, surviving garments, portraiture, poetry, and personal correspondence between the Medici and their courtiers. Addressing important themes such as gender, politics, and consumption, Fashion and Masculinity in Renaissance Florence sheds fresh light on the sartorial culture of the Florentine court and Italy as a whole.

Fra Angelico - Art and Religion in the Renaissance (Hardcover, Revised ed.): Rosalind Mutter Fra Angelico - Art and Religion in the Renaissance (Hardcover, Revised ed.)
Rosalind Mutter
R795 Discovery Miles 7 950 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet for Kids - 3 Short Melodramatic Plays for 3 Group Sizes (Hardcover): Brendan P. Kelso Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet for Kids - 3 Short Melodramatic Plays for 3 Group Sizes (Hardcover)
Brendan P. Kelso; Illustrated by Shana Hallmeyer, Leishman Ron
R502 Discovery Miles 5 020 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Reconstructing Francesco di Giorgio Architect (English, Italian, Paperback, New edition): Berthold Hub, Angeliki Polalli Reconstructing Francesco di Giorgio Architect (English, Italian, Paperback, New edition)
Berthold Hub, Angeliki Polalli
R1,274 Discovery Miles 12 740 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Francesco di Giorgio Martini is one of the few fifteenth century Sienese artists who became known outside his native city. Working at the courts of Urbino, Naples and Milan, he was a typical Renaissance uomo universale but his major achievements were in military and civil architecture, complemented by the composition of a theoretical treatise. The collection of essays does not offer a comprehensive study of the artist's architectural oeuvre, but rather emphasizes the partial nature of the scholarly endeavor so far undertaken. The essays discuss Francesco's theory, his drawings from the antique, the individual characteristics of his practice, and the reception of his work. They share a common idea: invention, which emerges as a valid theoretical framework, possibly the only one capable of encompassing Francesco di Giorgio's versatile accomplishments.

Utopia (Hardcover): Thomas More Utopia (Hardcover)
Thomas More
R481 Discovery Miles 4 810 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Medieval Renaissance Baroque - A Cat's Cradle in Honor of Marilyn Aronberg Lavin (Hardcover, New): David A Levine, Jack... Medieval Renaissance Baroque - A Cat's Cradle in Honor of Marilyn Aronberg Lavin (Hardcover, New)
David A Levine, Jack Freiberg
R1,270 Discovery Miles 12 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Medieval renaissance Baroque" celebrates Marilyn Aronberg Lavin's breakthrough achievements in both the print and digital realms of art and cultural history. Fifteen friends and colleagues present tributes and essays that reflect every facet of this renowned scholar's brilliant career. Tribute presenters include Ellen Burstyn, Langdon Hammer, Phyllis Lambert, and James Marrow. Contributors include Kirk Alexander, Horst Bredekamp, Nicola Courtright, David Freedberg, Jack Freiberg, Marc Fumaroli, David A. Levine, Daniel T. Michaels, Elizabeth Pilliod, Debra Pincus, and Gary Schwartz. 79 illustrations, bibliography of Marilyn Lavin's works, index.

Three Lectures on Leonardo (Paperback): Aby Warburg Three Lectures on Leonardo (Paperback)
Aby Warburg; Translated by Joseph Spooner; Introduction by Eckart Marchand; Preface by Bill Sherman
R384 Discovery Miles 3 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Thoughts on Art and Life (Hardcover): Leonardo Da Vinci Thoughts on Art and Life (Hardcover)
Leonardo Da Vinci; Translated by Maurice Baring
R593 Discovery Miles 5 930 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A fascinating collection of writings from the great polymath of the Italian Renaissaince, Leonardo da Vinci. There are sections covering the great man's thoughts on life, art and science. Maurice Baring trawled the available manuscripts to distil da Vinci's writings on these subjects into a single, accessible tome, which will be of interest to students of da Vinci, the Renaissance and the history of both art and science.

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