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Representations of Political Power: Case Histories from Times of Change and Dissolving Order in the Ancient Near East

Representations of Political Power: Case Histories from Times of Change and Dissolving Order in the Ancient Near East

Fictions of Isolation: Artistic and Intellectual Exchange in Rome During the First Half of the 19th Century

Fictions of Isolation: Artistic and Intellectual Exchange in Rome During the First Half of the 19th Century

Diplomacy by Design: Luxury Arts and an “International Style” in the Ancient Near East, 1400-1200 BCE

Diplomacy by Design: Luxury Arts and an “International Style” in the Ancient Near East, 1400-1200 BCE

Art and international relations during the Late Bronze Age formed a symbiosis as expanded travel and written communications fostered unprecedented cultural exchange across the Mediterranean. Diplomacy in these new political and imperial relationships was often maintained through the exchange of lavish art objects and luxury goods. The items bestowed during this time shared a repertoire of imagery that modern scholars call the first International Style in the history of art.

Asian Art

Asian Art

Asian Art is the first comprehensive anthology of important primary documents—from inscriptions and imperial decrees to travelers’ accounts and writings by artists—and the very best contemporary scholarship that has been […]

The Cabinet of Eros: Renaissance Mythological Painting and the Studiolo of Isabella d’Este

The Cabinet of Eros: Renaissance Mythological Painting and the Studiolo of Isabella d’Este

The Renaissance studiolo was a space devoted in theory to private reading and contemplation, but at the Italian courts of the fifteenth century, it had become a space of luxury, as much […]

Artistic Exchange and Cultural Translation in the Italian Renaissance City

Artistic Exchange and Cultural Translation in the Italian Renaissance City

Considering the reception of the early modern culture of Florence, Rome, and Venice in other centers of the Italic peninsula, this book reexamines the Renaissance as a form of translation […]

Die Sichtbarkeit des Unsichtbaren: Zur Korrelation von Text und Bild im Wirkungskreis der Bibel

Die Sichtbarkeit des Unsichtbaren: Zur Korrelation von Text und Bild im Wirkungskreis der Bibel

The Thief, the Cross and the Wheel: Pain and the Spectacle of Punishment in Medieval and Renaissance Europe

The Thief, the Cross and the Wheel: Pain and the Spectacle of Punishment in Medieval and Renaissance Europe

Christ’s Crucifixion is one of the most recognized images in Western culture, and it has come to stand as a universal symbol of both suffering and salvation. But often overlooked […]

Cosme Tura of Ferrara: Style, Politics, and the Renaissance City, 1450-1495

Cosme Tura of Ferrara: Style, Politics, and the Renaissance City, 1450-1495

In the city of Ferrara, a major cultural and artistic center of Renaissance Italy, Cosme Tura (c. 1430-1495) came to prominence as painter to the Este court. This book offers […]

Santa Maria Immacolata in Ceri. Pittura sacra al tempo della riforma gregoriana-Sakrale Malerei Imzeitalter der Gregorianischen Reform (Arte e storia) (Italian and German)

Santa Maria Immacolata in Ceri. Pittura sacra al tempo della riforma gregoriana-Sakrale Malerei Imzeitalter der Gregorianischen Reform (Arte e storia) (Italian and German)