This study is the first to examine the relationship between art and violence in 15th-century Florence, exposing the underbelly of a period more often celebrated for enlightened and progressive ideas. Renaissance Florentines were constantly subjected...

This catalogue accompanies the major exhibition "Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan at the National Gallery" (London: 9 November 2011 – 5 February 2012) Click to see Official Exhibition page on the National Gallery website Leonardo d...

Museum visitors today usually see pre-16th-century Italian painted altarpieces exhibited alone, as single paintings. Yet this beautiful catalogue shows that these works were once part of decorative, integrated schemes, and the original experience for...