The fourth, but the earliest volume chronologically, of the only comprehensive survey in modern times of the surviving Italian frescoes from the end of the Middle Ages to the Renaissance and Mannerism, this groundbreaking oeuvre is an achievement in scholarship and publishing of the same magnitude as Abbeville's "Art of Florence" and "Art and Spirit of Paris". Following the suc...(展开全部)

The fourth, but the earliest volume chronologically, of the only comprehensive survey in modern times of the surviving Italian frescoes from the end of the Middle Ages to the Renaissance and Mannerism, this groundbreaking oeuvre is an achievement in scholarship and publishing of the same magnitude as Abbeville's "Art of Florence" and "Art and Spirit of Paris". Following the suc...(展开全部)

Review "...brings home masterpieces that in some cases can only be seen with difficulty in out-of-the-way places." -- Chicago Tribune "...captures the magnificence of religious painting through Roettgen's lucid text and magnificent color photographs by Antonio Quattrone." -- Philadelphia Inquirer Product Description The first comprehensive survey in modern times of the survivin...(展开全部)

The third volume in the only comprehensive modern survey of the surviving frescoes created during the later years of the great Italian Renaissance to the Baroque. Following the success of the previous volumes in this extraordinary series––Italian Frescoes: The Early Renaissance and Italian Frescoes: The Flowering of the Renaissance—this volume presents twenty-two fresco cycles,...(展开全部)

'His figure was striking, but not so from grace ...and as he stalked along, wrapt in the black garments of his order, there was something terrible in its air; something almost super-human.' First published in 1797, The Italian is one of the finest examples of Gothic romance. The fast-paced, narrative centres on Ann Radcliffe's most brilliant creation, the sinister monk Schedon...(展开全部)

彼得•默里， 伦敦大学艺术史荣誉教授， 毕业于考陶德艺术学院［the Courtauld Institute of Art］，并在那里从事教学。1967年，他接替尼古拉斯•佩夫斯纳［Nikolans Pevsner］来到伦敦大学伯贝克学院[Birbeck College, University of London］。他撰写了许多建筑史著作， 包括《文艺复兴建筑》 ［Renaissance Architecture] ( 1972 ) ; 《英国建筑史》［A History of English Architecture] ( 1962, 1965）的一部分；以及与妻子琳达•默里［Linda Murray］共同撰写的《文艺复兴艺术》 ［The Art of the Renaissance] ( 1963）， 该书也被艺术世界丛书收录。

A handsome reissue of a classic guide to the architecture of Renaissance Italy indispensable to travelers, students, and architecture buffs alike and still the most comprehensive and accessible overview available. Photos and drawings throughout.