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Giotto. La Madonna d'Ognissanti. Ediz. inglese

Gloria Fossi - Art - 2009 - 36 pages
Giotto di Bondone ¿ best known simply as Giotto ¿ is considered by many to be one of the fathers of the Italian Renaissance. This volume presents readers with an insightful ...
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Nuns as Artists: The Visual Culture of a Medieval Convent

Jeffrey F. Hamburger - Religion - 1997 - 362 pages
"Hamburger's singular discovery of a group of devotional drawings made by an anonymous nun . . . is here presented with magisterial learning, theoretical sophistication, and ...
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Byzantine Aspects of Italy

Daniel Crena de Iongh - Art - 1967 - 208 pages
In this illustrated handbook, the author guides the reader to the surviving treasures of Italy's Byzantine heritage--the mosaics, paintings, and sculpture, in churches, palaces ...
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Arts of Possession: The Middle English Household Imaginary

D. Vance Smith - Social Science - 2003 - 364 pages
An innovative work of both economic anthropology and literary history, Arts of Possession draws on philosophical, theoretical, literary, historical, and archival sources and ...
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Painting in Bruges at the Close of the Middle Ages: Studies in Society and ...

Jean C. Wilson - Art - 2010 - 286 pages
Wilson (art history, State U. of New York-Binghamton) examines the origins and nature of the demand for painting in Bruges over the course of the 15th century. She traces the ...
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Engraved Gems of the Carolingian Empire

Genevra Kornbluth - Nature - 2010 - 282 pages
Medieval Europe offers a pageant of almost incredible richness: King Arthur and his round table, demons and cathedrals, Charlemagne and his paladins. The Carolingian culture of ...
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Giotto: The Painting

Alessandro Tomei - Art - 1998 - 54 pages
A magnificently illustrated series of monographs that explore the lives and works of some of the most famous, influential, and talented artists throughout history. Each volume ...
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Nicola Pisano's Arca Di San Domenico and Its Legacy

Anita Fiderer Moskowitz - Biography & Autobiography - 2010 - 172 pages
Moskowitz begins with a brief discussion of the history and concerns of the Dominican Order, particularly during the decades spanning the death of Dominic and the initiation of ...
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