Landscape Drawing in the Making is the first volume on the history and theory of landscape drawing in early modern Europ......more

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A fascinating look into the life of the famous Czech architect who fused Baroque and Gothic styles. At the turn of the e......more

He was the most sought-after painter in the prosperous trading city of Amsterdam yet died completely impoverished. Thoug......more

Renowned art historian Gary Schwartz offers a fresh and contemporary perspective on seventeenth-century Dutch painting, ......more

The Cultural Work of the Early Modern Portrait examines how portraits of Amalia van Solms, Princess of Orange (1602-1675......more

A celebration of the beauty of Venice that Wallace Collection’s paintings convey and an enjoyable and informative comple......more

The first English translation of Heinrich Brauer and Rudolf Wittkower’s famous catalog of Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s Archite......more

This new volume in the Frick Diptych series features an illuminating essay by former Frick deputy director and Peter Jay......more

A complete history of Bohemian architecture during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The art of the seventeenth ......more

An affordable volume gathering all 35 paintings by the beloved Dutch master This fully illustrated volume collects the c......more

Pierrot, a theatrical stock character known by his distinctive costume of loose white tunic and trousers, is a ubiquitou......more

How visual fantasies of violence, animality, and political agency offered an alternative image of masculinity during the......more

For the collector or fan of vintage porcelain an overview of pieces created for table top decoration in the 17th & 18th ......more

Strategien der Wiederverwendung und des Recyclings von Materialien und Objekten aus China verfügen über eine lange Tradi......more

Painters’ Playbooks introduces an innovative socio-spatial approach, shedding light on the artistic development in seven......more

During the early modern period, objects of maritime material culture were removed from their places of origin and traded......more

Focusing on the interrelationship between Jacob van Loo’s art, honor, and career, this book argues that Van Loo’s lifelo......more

The Life and Work of Rosalba Carriera (1673-1757): The Queen of Pastel is the first extensive biographical narrative in ......more

Millions of paintings were produced in the Dutch Republic. The works that we know and see in museums today constitute on......more

During the eighteenth century, comfortable everyday life becomes a new ideal. The good life was no longer about grand re......more

These ground-breaking essays, all based on original archival research, consider the evolving interest in Bolognese art i......more

In drawing or painting from live models and real landscapes, more was at stake for artists in early modern Italy than ac......more

Schools of art represent one of the building blocks of art history. The notion of a school of art emerged in artistic di......more

An elaborately crafted and decorated tomahawk from somewhere along the North American east coast: how did it end up in t......more

Baroque depictions of violence are often dismissed as ’over the top’ and ’excessive’. Their material richness and exciti......more

This book argues that the Baroque painter, propagandist, and diplomat, Peter Paul Rubens, was not only aware of rapidly ......more

Thomas Wijck’s painted alchemical laboratories were celebrated in his day as artful and ingenious. They fell into obscur......more

Redefining Eclecticism in Early Modern Bolognese Painting. Ideology, Practice, and Criticism focuses on the unique natur......more

Still-Life as Portrait in Early Modern Italy centers on the still-life compositions created by Evaristo Baschenis and Ba......more

With a strong focus on the techniques and materials involved in making butterfly imprints, this book introduces readers ......more

Through an overall approach, the aesthetical, material and technical inventiveness among British landscape painters on t......more

One of the most important developments in the history of science from the late 15th until the late 18th century was the ......more

As Dutch merchants became drivers of the transatlantic slavery business in the seventeenth century, Dutch art increasing......more

Now in paperback, an invitation to re-experience the works of the Italian master as they would have been encountered in ......more

This book explores new approaches to the study of the complex relation between models and copies. Excellent studies dedi......more

This captivating study of the life and career of Maria Sibylla Merian focuses on her artistic output and accomplishments......more

This book draws on extensive research into Baroque ceiling painting in Bohemia and Moravia. Three case studies of reside......more

The successor to the international bestseller Vermeer, featuring groundbreaking research on the Dutch master....more

A close look at Caravaggio’s Portrait of a Gentleman with a Ruff, a recent arrival in the Klesch Collection. Text in Eng......more

Marco Tanzi the leading expert on 16th- and 17th-century Cremonese painting delves into some hitherto unknown aspects of......more

Discusses a bronze Laocoön recently sold at Bonham’s. Della Valle helped interpret correctly the bronze and its attribut......more

The Dutch West India Company - active in Brazil, the Caribbean, North America, and West Africa - has received little art......more

Just as Charles I’s reign ended upon the scaffold at the close of the British Civil Wars, it began in a disastrous entry......more

The Dutch Golden Age of painting spawned some of history’s greatest artists and artisans, but few can boast the genius a......more

Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Borghese Gallery in Rome and dedicated to the poet Giovan Battista Marino and hi......more

A richly illustrated look at the intersection of art and science in Renaissance Europe Art played a pivotal role in the ......more

This biography follows the remarkable life of Louise-Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun, whose portraits of European royalty and no......more

Filled with brilliant reproductions and engaging texts reflecting the latest scholarship, this portable and attractively......more

The theme of writing and receiving letters, a subject that recurs frequently in the work of Johannes Vermeer, is given d......more

In July 1980 London’s National Gallery paid a record sum for a canvas that purported to be Peter Paul Rubens’s Samson an......more

Andrzej Koziel shows the original mystical devotional initiatives of counter-reformational character and the associated ......more

Material Masculinities examines the material and consumer practices of over 1000 men from the middling and upper ranks o......more

Neer uncovers a key moment in the history of early modern art, when painting was understood to be a tool for self-transf......more

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Peter Paul Rubens already had assistants working for him in his studio when he first gained admission to the Antwerp Gui......more

Featuring newly attributed paintings, this book is an engaging exploration of Clara Peeters’s contributions to the genre......more

The five Diez albums in Berlin are an important source for the study of Ilkhanid, Jalayirid, and Timurid art. The 21 ess......more

The lasting influence of a master of Dutch painting. More than any other artist, the painter Rembrandt developed charism......more

Frans Hals (1582/83-1666) is rightfully considered one of the most important seventeenth-century Dutch painters. His por......more

Most surveys of the history of art come neatly packaged. They are divided up into historic periods, artistic schools and......more

This book explores how European naturalists and artists perceived, investigated, and presented the relationship between ......more

A unique picture of good and evil in the time of Pieter Bruegel the Elder and today, published to accompany the exhibiti......more

Women and portraiture are the core themes of the essays assembled in this book....more

This richly illustrated book throws light on the legacy and life of Margaret of Parma, whose importance in 16th century ......more

The book presents archival research on the reconstructed Rubens Garden in Antwerp, highlighting its historical context, ......more

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For many painters in seventeenth-century Brussels, it was not only their artistic talent but also the communities they w......more

During the Scottish Enlightenment the relationship between aesthetics and ethics became deeply ingrained: beauty was the......more

The Baroque advertising strategies of self-marketing masters Rubens and Goltzius. How do artists ensure that their works......more

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Showcases the work of successful seventeenth-century British artist Mary Beale who ran her own studio practice. Accompan......more

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Eine Szene voller Anmut, Eleganz und kultivierter Geschäftigkeit: Mit Antoine Watteaus (1684-1721) "Ladenschild des Kuns......more

Relics, dreams, voyages is a closely focused sequence of studies of worldwide connections in all the arts in the baroque......more