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The twenty-one essays collected here delve into recent research on the development of humanism and art in the Hungary of King Matthias Corvinus and his successors. Richly illustrated with new photography, this book eloquently documents and explores the unique role played by the Hungarian court in the cultural history of Renaissance Europe.

Uno dei principali specialisti dell'architettura nella Roma barocca e rinascimentale e dell'opera di Bernini e Borromini, Joseph Connors, analizza in questo volume le dinamiche di prestigio sociale e di potere economico che plasmarono la Roma barocca, creando di volta in volta luoghi di inattesa creatività o, al contrario, opere di oscura deformità. Joseph Connors ha insegnato all'Università di Chicago e alla Columbia University e ha diretto l...

Bernard Berenson: Formation and Heritage explores the intellectual world of Berenson (1865-1959), who put the connoisseurship of Renaissance art on a firm footing at the turn of the twentieth century. Essays explore his relationships with various cultural figures including William James, Jean Paul Richter, Katherine Dunham, and many others.

Formations and Heritage.

The Robie House in Chicago is one of the world's most famous houses, a masterpiece from the end of Frank Lloyd Wright's early period and a classic example of the Prairie House. This book is intended as a companion for the visitor to the house, but it also probes beneath the surface to see how the design took shape in the mind of the architect. Wright's own writings, rare working drawings from the period, and previously unpublished photographs ...