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Georgia Clarke examines the fifteenth-century patrons' fascination with ancient texts.

This book provides a reassessment of the theory of magnificence in light of the related social virtue of splendour. Author James Lindow highlights how magnifice

The growth of princely states in early Renaissance Italy brought a thorough renewal to the old seats of power. One of the most conspicuous outcomes of this proc

Villa Madama, Raphael's late masterwork of architecture, landscape, and decoration for the Medici popes, is a paradigm of the Renaissance villa. The creation of

A completely new approach to the history of Renaissance architecture, encompassing the entire continent and dealing with the work of well-known architects such