From Brunelleschi’s ingenious design of the dome crowning the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, to the vast ceiling of the Sistine Chapel decorated with Michelangelo’s staggering frescoes, ...

Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture (PVA) aims to bring the most recent scholarship on vernacular architecture to the academic and professional community. PVA appeared in book format from 1982 to ...

Last month, we explored Chateauesque, one of several revival styles popular during the late 19th century. Next up are Moorish Revival and Venetian Renaissance. Popular between 1880 and 1910, these ...

Minutes from Florence, Villa Ginori—a Tuscan hideaway whose storied walls recently uncovered a late-Renaissance portrait by Bronzino—is on the market for the first time since the 1970s.

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Surprisingly little attention has been paid to the uses of Josephus's Jewish War in Renaissance France, even though its popularity eclipsed ...