Libros

The most comprehensive overview in print on the Renaissance master of Venetian sensualityFamous for his enduringly popular and canonical masterpieces such as The Sleeping Venus and The Tempest--often considered the first true landscape painting in Western art--Zorzi da Castelfranco, known as (...)

Before becoming the masters of the Mediterranean world, the Romans had first to conquer the Italian peninsula in a series of harsh conflicts against its other varied and warlike residents. The outcome was no foregone conclusion and it took the Romans half a millennium to secure the whole of Italy. (...)