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1	Miss Garnets Angel more books like this by Salley Vickers Miss Garnet's Angel is a voyage of discovery, a novel about Venice but also the rich story of the explosive possibilities of change in all of us at any time. Julia Garnet is a teacher. Just retired, she is left a legacy which she uses by leaving her orderly life and going to live -- in winter -- in an apartment in Venice. Its beauty, its secret ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.91! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy: A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Style more books like this by Professor Michael Baxandall An introduction to Italian painting in the 15th century, and the social history behind it. The book covers the structure of the picture trade and its economic basis through contracts, letters and accounts. The author also illustrates how art history can be used to give insights into social history, by showing how the visual skills and activities ... see all copies from $5.10! new only from $11.50! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Leonardo Da Vinci: The Complete Paintings more books like this by Pietro C Marani In this compact paperback, Pietro C. Marani re-examines the complete oeuvre of Leonardo, drawing on archival research that has uncovered important documents relating to the artist's work and career. All of Leonardo's paintings are featured here, together with related drawings and many enlarged details that reveal the painter's extraordinary sense ... see all copies from $7.11! new only from $15.27! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Italian Painters of the Renaissance more books like this by Bernard Berenson see all copies from $1.99! new only from $91.28! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	How to Paint Like the Old Masters: Watson-Guptill 25th Anniversary Edition more books like this by Joseph Sheppard This is a glorious 25th anniversary reissue of this classic book. Illuminating & fascinating, it covers the classic art techniques perfected by 16th and 17th century masters. These include Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Titian & Reuben, all enhanced with full-colour demonstrations.This illuminating and fascinating book, reissued for the 25th anniversary ... see all copies from $12.08! new only from $25.65!
6	Artistic Theory in Italy more books like this by Anthony Blunt This book seeks to broaden the comprehension of the student of Italian Renaissance painting by concentrating not on the works of art themselves, but on the various artistic theories which influenced them or were expressed by them. Taking Alberti's treatises as his starting-point, Anthony Blunt traces the development of artistic theory from ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.71! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Caravaggio more books like this by Catherine Puglisi Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) has been rescued from neglect to emerge as something of a cult figure, celebrated both for his boldly original art and for his short, violent and troubled life. Catherine Puglisi brings much research together to provide a comprehensive monograph on the artist's life and work. Caravaggio was the most ... see all copies from $9.98! new only from $29.77! \| SVS
8	Signs & symbols in Christian art more books like this by George Wells Ferguson see all copies from $3.75! first editions
9	Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, and the Renaissance of Venetian Painting more books like this by David Alan Brown, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien The first three decades of the sixteenth century represent, visually and intellectually, the most exciting phase of the Renaissance in Venice - when Giorgione and the young Titian, together with Sebastiano del Piombo and Palma Vecchio, and others, were working alongside the older master Giovanni Bellini. This beautiful book presents an innovative ... see all copies from $69.85! new only from $121.87!
10	Renaissance. more books like this by Manfred Wundram This book looks at the rebirth of culture. Art as we know it today could not exist had not the revolutionary work of the Renaissance artists paved the way. Widely considered the most important and influential movement in the history of fine arts, literature, architecture, and science, the Renaissance marked the emergence of Western civilization ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Looking at pictures with Bernard Berenson more books like this by Bernard Berenson, Hanna Kiel see all copies from $30.00! first editions
12	Painting of the High Renaissance in Rome and Florence more books like this by S J Freedberg see all copies from $1.99! new only from $152.27! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13	The Christmas Story: Told Through Paintings more books like this by Richard Muhlberger The story of Christ's birth, as told by Matthew and Luke, has inspired many great paintings. Here, coupled with excerpts from the King James Version of the Bible, a selection of paintings follows each episode of the biblical story. From Jan van Eyck's "Annunciation to the Virgin" to Mantegna's portrayal of shepherds adoring Jesus and Sassetts's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
14	The Golden Century of Venetian Painting more books like this by Terisio Pignatti see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.49! \| first editions
15	Raphael more books like this by Bette Talvacchia This beautiful monograph explores the life and work of one of the most important artists in the history of the West, Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio, 1483-1520). Its scope covers Raphael's origins, his early influences, his important Urbino period and subsequently the extraordinary series of frescoes and portraits of his last phase in Rome. Over two ... see all copies from $19.45! new only from $29.16! \| SVS
16	From Flanders to Florence: The Impact of Netherlandish Painting, 1400-1500 more books like this by Paula Nuttall This innovative book presents a fresh view of fifteenth-century Netherlandish art and the significance of its contributions to contemporary Italian art, notably in such areas as oil painting, landscape and portraiture. Focusing on Florence, a prime centre of renaissance culture, the book explores for the first time the profound impact of ... see all copies from $39.25! new only from $51.61! \| first editions \| SVS
17	Michelangelo Buonarroti more books like this by Ernest Raboff Discusses the life and art of the Renaissance sculptor, poet, and painter. Includes color and black and white reproductions of many of his works. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $57.46! \| first editions
18 view cover	The Ambassadors' Secret: Holbein and the World of the Renaissance more books like this by John North This study provides a radical reinterpretation of Holbein's famous painting. The celebrated portrait of two French diplomats at the court of Henry VIII has usually been linked to the political and religious unrest of the day. John North shows that the painting has a very different, and previously undetected, central theme and many other meanings. ... see all copies from $2.42! new only from $7.83! \| signed copies
19 view cover	Arcadian cipher : The quest to crack the code of Christianity's greatest secret more books like this by Peter Blake, Paul S. Blezard Fascinated from an early age by the paintings of Poussin, Leonardo and other great masters, Peter Blake has watched as others have made guesses as to their meanings, even linking them to the mysteries surrounding the French village of Rennes-le-Chateau - at the core of the seminal "Holy Blood, Holy Grail". But from the recurrent geometrical themes ... see all copies from $2.34! new only from $7.95! \| first editions
20	Northern painting from Pucelle to Bruegel: fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries more books like this by Charles D. Cuttler see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Raphael more books like this by Mike Venezia Clever illustrations and story lines, together with full-color reproductions of actual paintings, give children a light yet realistic overview of each artist's life and style in these fun and educational books. see all copies from $3.91! new only from $3.91! \| SVS
22 view cover	The Art of Arts: Rediscovering Painting more books like this by Anita Albus Artist Anita Albus offers a critical analysis of medieval and Northern Renaissance oil paintings of the Netherlands. She illuminates the allegorical elements of several works, including Jan van Eyck's Madonna of Chancellor Rolin and Rogier van der Weyden's The Descent from the Cross. see all copies from $4.43! new only from $587.65! \| first editions
23	Michelangelo, the painter. more books like this by Valerio Mariani see all copies from $1.99! new only from $32.25! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Dosso Dossi: Court Painter in Renaissance Ferrara more books like this by Andrea Bayer, J Paul Getty Museum, Mr. Peter Humfrey see all copies from $14.40! new only from $37.45! \| first editions
25	Sienese Painting: From Its Origins to the Fifteenth Century more books like this by Bruce Cole see all copies from $3.72! first editions

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