Pope-Hennessy, John. Italian Renaissance Sculpture: An Introduction
to Italian Sculpture, 4th ed. London: Phaidon Press, 1996. An accessible
introduction; covers Donatello in detail.
Prigent, Helene, and Pierre Rosenberg. Chardin: An Intimate Art. New York:
Harry N. Abrams, 2000. A charming look at the artist’s life and work.
Puglisi, Catherine. Caravaggio. London: Phaidon Press, 2000. A
comprehensive overview of the artist’s life and work; highly recommended.
Rosenblum, Robert, and H. W. Janson. 19 th-Century Art. Upper Saddle
River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2004. Brilliant and comprehensive treatment of
the century in all Western European countries, Scandinavia, and America.
The authors ignore conventional national boundaries to view the art of the
century as a whole.
Rubin, James H. Gustav Courbet. London: Phaidon Press, 1997. A timely
reassessment of this Realist painter.
Russell, H. Diane. Claude Lorrain, 1600–1682. New York: George Braziller,
- Originally published as the catalogue of an exhibition at the National
Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
Santi, Bruno. Raphael. New York: Scala/Riverside, 1991. An inexpensive,
well-illustrated introduction.
Schama, Simon. Rembrandt’s Eyes. New York: Knopf, 1999. A telling
biography and comparison of Rembrandt to Rubens.
Schapiro, Meyer. Cézanne. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1988. Traces the
artist’s life through an analysis of his work.
Schnapper, Antoine. David. Manchester, NH: Olympic Marketing Corp.,
- Excellent coverage of the career of this crucial artist of the French
Revolutionary and Napoleonic period.