Objects Of Virtue : Art In Renaissance Italy

By Dora Thornton, Luke Syson, Luke Syson, Dora Thornton

Focusing on the Italian Renaissance, this illustrated work examines the complicated relationships between the fine arts - painting and sculpture - and artefacts of other kinds for which artistry an...

Objects Of Virtue : Art In Renaissance Italy

By Dora Thornton, Luke Syson, Luke Syson, Dora Thornton

Focusing on the Italian Renaissance, this illustrated work examines the complicated relationships between the fine arts - painting and sculpture - and artefacts of other kinds for which artistry an...

Italian Renaissance Ceramics: A Catalogue Of The British Museum Collection

By Dora Thornton, British Museum, Dora Thornton And Timothy Wilson, With Contributions By Michael Hughes And Jeremy Warren

A superb catalogue of the British Museum collection of maiolica and other Italian Renaissance pottery, published in two volumes with a slipcase, ribbon and cloth binding. The British Museum collect...

Shakespeare: Staging The World. Jonathon Bate And Dora Thornton

By Jonathan Bate (Editor), Jonathan Bate, Dora Thornton

The Playhouse And The Role Of Playwright Were Relatively New Phenomena During Shakespeares Time, Yet His Audience Spanned From Royalty To The Common Man. This Text Shows What These Audiences Were F...

A Rothschild Renaissance: A New Look At The Waddesdon Bequest In The British Museum

By Dora Thornton, Pippa Shirley

The Waddesdon Bequest Is A Collection Of Nearly 300 Precious Art Objects From Renaissance Europe. It Was Bequeathed To The British Museum By Baron Ferdinand De Rothschild, M.p., When He Died In 189...

A Royal Renaissance Treasure And Its Afterlives

By Dora Thornton, Timothy Schroder

Shakespeare: Staging The World

By Jonathan Bate (Editor), Jonathan Bate, Dora Thornton, Professor Of Shakespeare And Renaissance Literature Jonathan Bate, Curator Of Renaissance Collections Department Of Medieval And Modern Europe Dora Thornton, Bate, Jonathan, Thornton, Dora

The Playhouse And The Role Of Playwright Were Relatively New Phenomena During Shakespeare's Time, Yet His Audience Spanned From Royalty To The Common Man. This Work Shows What These Audiences Were...

Art And Love In Renaissance Italy

By Nancy Edwards, Andrea Bayer, Deborah L. Krohn, Beverly Louise Brown, Dora Thornton, LUKE SYSON, James Grantham Turner, Linda Wolk-Simon, Jacqueline Marie Musacchio, Everett Fahy, Houslin, Denice

"Many famous artworks of the Italian Renaissance were made to celebrate love, marriage, and family. They were the pinnacles of a tradition, dating from early in the era, of commemorating betrothals...

A Rothschild Renaissance: The Waddesdon Bequest

By Dora Thornton

The Waddesdon Bequest is a collection of nearly 300 precious art objects from Renaissance Europe. It was bequeathed to the British Museum by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild, M.P., when he died in 189...

Shakespeare'S Britain. By Jonathon Bate, Dora Thornton

By Jonathan Bate (Editor), Jonathan Bate, Dora Thornton

From the common playgoers to the royal patrons, this book explores Britain from the perspective of Shakespeare's audience - revealing how the significant issues of the day were explored at the play...