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Giordano Bruno
Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) is one of the great figures of early modern Europe, and one of the least understood. Ingrid D. Rowland's biography establishes him once and for all as a …
Vitruvius: 'Ten Books on Architecture'
The only full treatise on architecture and its related arts to survive from classical antiquity, the De Architectura libri decem (Ten Books on Architecture) is the single most …
Japanese Horror Culture
Contemporary Japanese horror is deeply rooted in the folklore of its culture, with fairy tales-like ghost stories embedded deeply into the social, cultural, and religious fabric. …
Brushed Aside
How many female artists can you name? Frida Kahlo, Georgia O’Keefe, Marina Abramovic? How about female artists who lived prior to the Modern era? Maybe Artemisia Gentileschi and …
Divine Spark of Syracuse
Focusing on the figures of Plato, Archimedes, and Caravaggio, The Divine Spark of Syracuse discloses the role that Syracuse, a Greek cultural outpost in Sicily, played in fueling …
The Collector of Lives
An accomplished painter, architect and diplomat, Giorgio Vasari (1511–1574) is best known for Lives of the Artists, his classic account of the great masters—an extraordinary book …
Vitruvius: 'Ten Books on Architecture'
The only full treatise on architecture and its related arts to survive from classical antiquity, the De Architectura libri decem (Ten Books on Architecture) is the single most …
Brushed Aside
Discover anew the herstory of art that Publishers Weekly calls illuminating and Foreword Reviews calls spirited for an enlghtening art history read. How many female artists can you …
Raphael and the Pope’s Librarian
Published in commemoration of the 500th anniversary of Raphael’s death, this engrossing publication accompanies an exhibition the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Raphael and the …
From Pompeii
When Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, the force of the explosion blew the top right off the mountain, burying nearby Pompeii in a shower of volcanic ash. Ironically, the calamity that …
The Scarith of Scornello
The career of young seventeenth-century scam artist Curzio Inghirami is traced in this account of his far-reaching prank, involving an array of forged ancient Latin and Etruscan …
On the Heroic Frenzies
Italian astronomer and Dominican friar Giordano Bruno (1548–1600), found guilty of heresy by the Roman Inquisition and burned at the stake, has long been an enigma of early modern …