What drives a person to take his or her own life? Why would an individual be willing to strap a b...

Niccolò Ridolfi (1501-50), was a Florentine cardinal, nephew and cousin to the Medici popes Leo X...

This book examines Cardinal Ridolfi and his court in order to understand the extent to which card...

'This volume translates Giovanni Andrea Gilio, Dialogo secondo, nel quale si ragiona degli errori...

Craving pleasure as well as knowledge, Raphael Sanzio was quick to realize that his talent would ...

Translated by Lucinda Byatt This book tells the remarkable story of a rare discovery: the uncover...

What drives a person to take his or her own life? Why would an individual be willing to strap a b...

Craving pleasure as well as knowledge, Raphael Sanzio was quick to realize that his talent would ...

The Fear of Hell is a provocative study of two of the most powerful images in Christianity--hell ...

A visionary scientist, a supreme painter, a man of eccentricity and ambition: Leonardo da Vinci h...

Venice, 1752. On a cold December night, a man is found strangled in a dark alley.

The Sistine Chapel is one of the world's most magnificent buildings, and the frescos that decorat...

The Sistine Chapel is one of the world's most magnificent buildings, and the frescos that decorat...