Books in the Renaissance Lives series

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.

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.

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.

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