Book Review: Michelangelo - A Life in Six Masterpieces
/A new biography looks at the long life of one of mankind's greatest artists through six of his greatest works
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/In 1537, teenager Cosimo dei Medici became the first citizen of Florence, and in the following decades, he set about fashioning a 'sacral' rulership for himself - a complicated process at the heart of this fascinating new study
Read MoreBook Review: Pliny and the Artistic Culture of the Italian Renaissance
/A scrupulously intelligent and lavishly illustrated new book examines the enormous impact one ancient text had on the whole of the Italian Renaissance
Read MoreBook Review: The Borgias
/They're history's most villainous family, adept at blackmail, poison, murder, and sacrilege - they even have their own TV series! But is it possible there's more bad press than bad people to the Borgia family? A fascinating new book takes the case back to the basics
Read MoreBook Review: Furies
/The Italian Renaissance of Michelangelo and Raphael was built by - and traumatized by - the constant tramping of hired armies. A provocative new study looks at the birth-price of the modern era
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