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Titian (active 1506 1576) produced a masterful group of paintings for Philip II of Spain, celebrating the loves of gods, goddesses, and mortals. Depicting scenes from Ovid's narrative poem Metamorphoses, Titian named them poesie and considered the works as visual equivalents of poetry. This volume (...)

The visual legacy of Dürer's travels extends far beyond his lifetime and throughout Europe, and the documents illuminating them offer unique insights into the distinctive ways Dürer conducted and managed his career, making him an intriguing and even controversial figure. This generously illustrated (...)

Among the great figures of the Italian Renaissance, Raphael (1483 1520) is unarguably the artist who has been most widely and consistently admired across the centuries. He had an extraordinary and perhaps unrivaled capacity for self-reinvention as he progressed from Umbria to Florence and Rome and (...)

Exploring the life, imagery and lasting appeal of Saint Francis of Assisi (1182 1226), this landmark book features a core of important historic paintings representing the saint by Giotto, Sassetta, Caravaggio, Zurbarán and El Greco. From his native Umbria, Saint Francis's image spread rapidly to (...)

In the early 1300s, the city of Siena gave rise to an extraordinary period of creativity and innovation. Painters, sculptors, and goldsmiths produced remarkable works whose impact was felt far beyond the city's walls. From vast altarpieces to portable objects for private devotion, the art emanating (...)

A celebration of European painting from the thirteenth to the early twentieth century.The National Gallery, London, houses one of the finest collections of western European paintings in the world. Its extraordinary range includes masterpieces from the early medieval and Renaissance periods to (...)

The catalogue accompanying the blockbuster exhibition at The National Gallery, London, which The Guardian has called 'epochal' and 'superbly curated'Artemisia Gentileschi (1593 1654 or later) is the most celebrated woman artist of the baroque period in Italy. Her career spanned more than 40 years, (...)