Amajor study of Cosm� Tura (c.1430-1495) who came to prominence as painter to the Este court. As well as close examination of his paintings, Tura's life and w

This is the first major monograph to appear in forty years of the major Italian Renaissance painter, Cosmé Tura. Tura worked for the Estense court in Ferrara w

This delightful book describes and illustrates the Metropolitan Museum's collection of nearly 40 illuminations from Italian choral manuscripts. Representing the

"The incidence of Passion imagery in diverse media is fundamental to the histories of Christian piety, church politics, and art in European and American societi

The Renaissance studiolo was a space devoted in theory to private reading. The most famous studiolo of all was that of Isabella d'Este, marchioness of Mantua. T