| 1. |  | The Sistine Secrets: Michelangelo's Forbidden Messages in the Heart of the Vatican
from HarperOne
Price: $17.79
Customer Review:
A thoughtful, thought-provoking and enlightening account of what's between the brush strokes of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel. I highly recommend this fascinating, erudite and very readable book. | 3.5 / 5.0
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| 2. |  | Basilica: The Splendor and the Scandal: Building St. Peter's
from Plume
Price: $10.20
Customer Review:
Great service. It came fast and in perfect shape. Would definitely buy from this buyer again. | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance - Portrait of an Age
from Little, Brown and Company
Price: $24.00
Customer Review:
I was taken aback when, within the first chapter, the author noted how Alaric (the Goth) had difficulty keeping his Huns (no kidding) from sacking Rome. I wanted to give Manchester the benefit of a doubt, but within the first chapter he totally neglected factual content in favor of... more info | 3.5 / 5.0
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| 4. | ![]() | Modern Architecture since 1900
from Prentice Hall Press
Customer Review:
I had to purchase this book as my required textbook for a Modernism class. Needless to say, when the quarter is over, this book is not getting resold! It's well bound, fabulous pictures, and very captivating reading. Yes, it's a textbook, but it's by Taschen and it's something to keep on your... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 5. |  | Leonardo's Notebooks
from Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Price: $26.40
Customer Review:
Leonardo Da Vinci pursued a systematic approach to knowledge, in which understanding of the human body was central and other phenomena were analyzed in that light, or compared to the human body. He offers some fascinating insights about how an artist "sees" subject matter---about how to observe... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 6. |  | History of Italian Renaissance Art 6th Ed: Sixth Edition
from Prentice Hall Art
Price: $78.75
Customer Review:
This book is beautiful and thorough, and even though I had to buy it for class, I am very glad that I did and will keep it when the semester is over. The price was right and I love the book. | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 7. |  | Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling
from Walker & Company
Customer Review:
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. Many of the stories are things I have heard before, but woven seemlessly into an insightful narrative. King's assessment of Michelangelo's ceiling and its radical importance in pictorial history is correct in its context and amplitude; my knowledge thereby... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 8. |  | The Book of the Courtier (Penguin Classics)
from Penguin Classics
Price: $10.20
Customer Review:
Well, contemporary for Niccolo Machiavelli. But this book has enduring relevance for anyone who has to spend time among those courting the politically powerful. It would be easy to dismiss this as without current relevance, but that would be a clear indication of either naiveté about... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 9. |  | The Lives of the Artists (Oxford World's Classics)
from Oxford University Press, USA
Price: $10.36
Customer Review:
Amazing to read a book written in the 1500's, by a guy who personally knew Michelangeo, Da Vinci and other of the world's greatest artists. He gives first hand accounts of some very cool experiences.
I love this book! It's unlike anything I've read before. It's the world's first "art history"... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 10. |  | Art and Love in Renaissance Italy (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
from Metropolitan Museum of Art
Price: $40.95
Customer Review:
Having recently co-authored a novel that focuses on art and love in Renaissance Italy, and on the intimate lives of the women who lived in it, I was delighted to see the magnificent catalogue published to accompany the Metropolitan Museum exhibition on Art and Love in Renaissance Italy. Lavishly... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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