A History of European Art

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Hyman, Timothy. Sienese Painting: The Art of a City-Republic. London:

Thames & Hudson, 2003. Offers perceptive visual analysis, along with clear

discussion of the social, political, and religious climate of late medieval Italy

and the impact of the Black Death on Sienese art.

Janson, Anthony F. History of Art. Rev. 6th ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice

Hall, 2004. The standard art history textbook for 40 years, ¿ rst written by the

author’s father, H.W. Janson.

Jobert, Barthelemy. Delacroix. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press,

1998. A relatively recent study of the painter by a Sorbonne professor and
      curator of a Delacroix exhibit at the Bibliothèque Nationale.

Kergall, Herve, and Viviane Minne-Seve. Romanesque and Gothic France:

Art and Architecture. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2000. Traces the

history of Romanesque and Gothic architecture and sculpture in France;

breathtaking photographs.

King, Ross. Brunelleschi’s Dome: The Story of the Great Cathedral

in Florence. London: Pimlico, 2005. A popular account of the history

of the Duomo.

———. Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling. New York: Penguin, 2003.

A fascinating popular account of the politics of the day and the artist’s

dif¿ culties in ful¿ lling the commission.

Kleiner, Fred S., and Christin J. Mamiya. Gardner’s Art Through the Ages

(with Art Study Student CD-ROM and InfoTrac). 12th ed. Belmont, CA:

Wadsworth Publishing, 2004. The most recent revamping of Helen Gardner’s

standard art history textbook, this edition contains updated scholarship.

Note that the 11th edition, without the CD-ROM, is readily available at a

lower price.

Kliemann, Julian, and Michael Roh. Italian Frescoes: High Renaissance and

Mannerism, 1510–1600. New York: Abbeville Press, 2004. Includes fresco

cycles by Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, Andrea del Sarto, Parmigianino,

Bronzino, Veronese, and others.