Book Review: "A New History of Italian Renaissance Art"

THE IRISH TIMES
By Eileen Battersby

Sistine Chapel

For all the book’s concentration on artistic activity, its authors include the sacking of Rome in 1527 and the plagues that devastated society. Did the Renaissance end with the bravado of Caravaggio? No, but the world changed and artists moved on, standing firmly on the shoulders of the Renaissance giants. This is an informed, enlightened and useful book: its index, notes, sources and bibliography are valuable, while its chronological methodology will reinvigorate the teaching of art history. A New History of Italian Renaissance Art By Stephen J Campbell and Michael W Cole Thames & Hudson, 680pp. £45 [link]