An A-Z of the World – E. H. Gombrich on: Leonardo da Vinci
As an aid to students, teachers and parents, we have constructed an A–Z of the World taken from E. H. Gombrich’s, A Little History…
Florence
Surviving Plague – an extract from Florence Under Siege
Escape Into Art, Look Through the Lens of History, Seek Certainty in Science … To help us all keep on reading over the coming…
Surviving Plague in an Early Modern City
When last summer John Henderson published Florence Under Siege: Surviving Plague in an Early Modern City, he little realized how relevant his book would…
Veiled Presence: Body and Drapery from Giotto to Titian
Veiled Presence: Body and Drapery from Giotto to Titian elucidates the symbolism of veils and highlights the power of drapery in Italian Renaissance art. Display…
In the Steps of the Medici: A Walk Through Renaissance Florence
Put on some comfortable shoes (or just imagine putting them on!) and join us in our Italian holiday reverie, where we explore the magnificence…
When Leonardo Met Michelangelo: The Art of the Figure
The early 1500s lay claim to some of the most impressive and important artists in history, with giants such as Leonardo da Vinci and…
5 books to watch (and read) in 2015
We’ve had an exciting year here at Yale UP London, with highlights such as a Nobel prize-winning author, long-awaited new editions to the Pevsner…