This book presents case studies of collectors, patrons, and agents whose activities redefined collecting and the art market during a period when the status of t
"Why is the history of art so often construed as a history of artists, when its alleged focus is art? This book responds to this question by examining Giorgio V
Dreaming of Michelangelo is the first book-length study to explore the intellectual and cultural affinities between modern Judaism and the life and work of Mich
“And then it happened . . . a ray of illumination shot straight up and down to the left and the right, forming a pair of axes. My heart began to beat very fas
Consummate painter, draftsman, sculptor, and architect, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) was celebrated for his disegno, a term that embraces both drawing