A History of European Art

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Bibliography


Masson, Raphael, Veronique Mattiussi, and Jacques Vilain. Rodin. Paris:
Flammarion, 2004. An authoritative source written by experts from the
Musée Rodin.

Meiss, Millard. Painting in Florence and Siena after the Black Death.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1979. One of the few available
sources covering the period 1350–1375.

Minor, Vernon Hyde. Baroque and Rococo: Art and Culture. Englewood
Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2003. A well-illustrated survey incorporating
modern scholarship. Organized thematically.

Murray, Peter. The Architecture of the Italian Renaissance. New York:
Schocken, 1997. A classic guide with pertinent illustrations.

Nees, Lawrence. Early Medieval Art. Oxford: Oxford University Press,


  1. Emphasizes the historical transition between the art of the late Roman
    period and that of the newly established kingdoms in Northern Europe.


Nuttall, Paula. From Flanders to Florence: The Impact of Netherlandish
Painting, 1400–1500. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2004. Looks
at the inÀ uence of Netherlandish art on the Italian Renaissance.

Olson, Roberta J. M. Italian Renaissance Sculpture. London: Thames &
Hudson, 1992. A basic overview of signi¿ cant works of sculpture from
1260–1600.

Osborne, Harold, ed. The Oxford Companion to Art. Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 1983. A good introduction and overall reference.

Panofsky, Erwin. The Life and Art of Albrecht Dürer. Princeton, NJ: Princeton
University Press, 1971. Reviewer Wolfgang Stechow writes, “Whatever was
immortal of Albrecht Dürer is covered by this book.”

Petzold, Andreas. Romanesque Art (Perspectives). Englewood Cliffs, NJ:
Prentice Hall, 2003. Examines art in the context of such issues as the role of
women, patronage, and the development of monasteries and universities.
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