Books in the Renaissance Lives series

A new account of the controversial alchemist, physician and social radical known as Paracelsus.

The first monograph in a generation, and the first study in English in over 70 years of Renaissance master-artist Filippino Lippi.

A new biography of the Italian Renaissance painter, poet and actor Salvator Rosa.

The first popular biography in English in thirty years of Erasmus of Rotterdam.

A new account of the life and work of poet, scholar, soldier and cleric John Donne.

The spirit, ingenuity and genius of Peter Paul Rubens.

Niccolo Guicciardini's enlightening biography offers an accessible introduction to Newton's celebrated work in mathematics, optics and astronomy and to how Newton viewed these scientific fields in relation to his quest for the deepest secrets of the universe, matter theory and religion.

A new interpretation of Tycho Brahe's pivotal role in the emergence of empirical science.

A full account of Renaissance artist Raphael's prodigious yet short-lived career.

An exploration of the visual elusiveness at the core of Giorgione's work.

A nuanced account of the life and art of Piero della Francesca.

A beautifully illustrated monograph on the innovative and at times controversial sculptor Donatello.

At the end of his long, prolific life, Titian was rumored to paint directly on the canvas with his bare hands. He would slide his fingers across bright ridges of oil paint, loosening the colors, blending, blurring, and then bringing them together again. With nothing more than the stroke of a thumb or the flick of a nail, Titian's touch brought the world to life. The clinking of glasses, the clanging of swords, and the cry of a woman's grief. The sensation of hair brushing up against naked flesh, the sudden blush of unplanned desire, and the dry taste of fear in a lost, shadowy place. Titian's art, Maria H. Loh argues in this exquisitely illustrated book, was and is a synesthetic experience. To see is at once to hear, to smell, to taste, and to touch. But while Titian was fully attached to the world around him, he also held the universe in his hands. Like a magician, he could conjure appearances out of thin air. Like a philosopher, his exploration into the very nature of things channelled and challenged the controversial ideas of his day. But as a painter, he created the world anew. Dogs, babies, rubies, and pearls. Falcons, flowers, gloves, and stone. Shepherds, mothers, gods, and men. Paint, canvas, blood, sweat, and tears. In a series of close visual investigations, Loh guides us through the lush, vibrant world of Titian's touch.

An insightful new interpretation of the elusive Renaissance painter Hans Holbein.