Crowned the \\\"Prince of Painters\\\" by Giorgio Vasari, Raphael (1483-1520) was one of the most popular artists of the Italian Renaissance. Famous for his serene and harmonious series of Madonnas and his work at the Vatican Palace, he was an extremely influential painter, both during and after his own lifetime....

Celebrated for his penetrating portraits, richly detailed landscapes and evocative narrative paintings, the seventeenth century artist Rembrandt is generally considered one of Europe\"s greatest painters and printmakers, and the master of the......

Details becomes a clue, a stimulus for reconstructing messages and circumstances, exploring hidden, forgotten and secret contents of famous art masterpieces....

Details becomes a clue, a stimulus for reconstructing messages and circumstances, exploring hidden, forgotten and secret contents of famous art masterpieces....

This series presents fresh readings of famous artworks, using innovative close-ups and layouts to zoom in on all sorts of intriguing details....

Children will learn to count from 1 to 12 while looking at fine art masterpieces in this lively new book. Cats by Gainsborough, boats by Van Gogh, a circle of dancers by Matisse, a king and queen sculpted by Henry Moore—they’re all here to encourage......

Every color has many aspects, many variations, and many meanings. Red, for instance, can mean passion, or suffering, or anger. How are these aspects represented in works of art from Titian and Bosch to Matisse and Warhol? Painters use colors to convey a message as much as they do for surface appeal....

Filled with great masterpieces by such artists as Botticelli, Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, Masaccio, Piero della Francesca, Mantegna and Titian, Understanding Italian Renaissance Painting takes a journey into their world....

This generously illustrated volume on the work of Dürer makes the world\"s greatest art accessible to readers of every level of appreciation. This monograph explores Dürer\"s entire life and oeuvre by focusing on the most......

This generously illustrated volume on the work of Caravaggio makes the world\"s greatest art accessible to readers of every level of appreciation. This monograph explores Caravaggio\"s entire life and career by focusing on the most important......

This new series examines several highly regarded masterpieces in an attempt to unravel the mysteries that surround them....

\"The Cat in Art\" is both full of surprises and hauntingly familiar, as cats play and pounce and sleep and purr their way through 170 great art masterpieces from the ancient world to the present. What cats represent to us in life, they bring to art: elegance and grace; domestic tranquility; symbols of sensuality and mischievousness....

This generously illustrated volume on the work of Durer makes the world\'s greatest art accessible to readers of every level of appreciation. This monograph explores Durer\'s entire life and oeuvre by focusing on the most important of his works....

This generously illustrated volume on the work of Caravaggio makes the world\'s greatest art accessible to readers of every level of appreciation. This monograph explores Caravaggio\'s entire life and career by focusing on the most important of his works....