Florence Art and Architecture

The experts introduce superb historical buildings and sculptures in their historical contexts, and as insiders lead you through world famous painti...

DescriptionIn this vivid account Scott Nethersole examines the remarkable period of cultural, artistic, and intellectual blossoming in Florence fro...

Explore the iconic art and architecture of Florence with this handy pop-up map. This genuinely pocket-sized city map includes 2 PopOut maps featuri...

In this absorbing illustrated history, Loren Partridge takes the reader on an insightful tour of Renaissance Florence and sheds new light on its ce...

An image of every piece of art that is described is included, allowing readers to easily recognize the original in situ. Insets on cultural and his...

Reducere. A beloved tribute to Florence that blends history, artistic reflection, and keen social observation Renowned for her sharp literary style, essayist...

Reducere. See. Eat. Sleep. Enjoy. A 72-Hour Guide to Florence, Italy. City breaks are perfect for those long weekends away. You go to a city and you've got o...

Reducere. About DK Eyewitness Top 10 Florence and TuscanyInspiring renaissance architecture, romantic medieval towns, world-class art collections and picture...

DescriptionRichard Ingersoll's World Architecture: A Cross-Cultural History, Second Edition, provides the most comprehensive and contemporary surve...

Completely updated, this edition contains superb coverage of painting, architecture and sculpture as well as updates on museums including the reorg...

Reducere. Twenty-five art-related essays by distinguished British art critic and painter reveal his wide-ranging interests. Writings explore relationships be...

This handy pocket-sized guide is packed with ideas for things to do in in Florence, and includes a sturdy pull-out map to help you navigate with ea...

Baroque art and architecture -- extravagant in concept, exuberant in spirit, elaborate in detail -- flourished in seventeenth-century Europe, and t...

Reducere. A comprehensive survey of the work of this most influential Florentine artist and teacher Andrea del Verrocchio (c. 1435-1488) was one of the most ...

DescriptionThe Renaissance artist Raphael is known for his extraordinary frescoes, his sublime Madonnas, devotional altarpieces, architectural desi...

Reducere. For Italian city builders more than a thousand years ago, the urban realm was the great theater where their best aspirations were played out, the p...

Having founded the bank that became the most powerful in Europe in the fifteenth century, the Medici gained political power in Florence, raising th...

DescriptionFor centuries Italy has been many things to many people. In this brilliant anthology and traveler's companion, twenty-eight first-rate w...