ISBN10: 0300063512, ISBN13: 9780300063516, [publisher: London Yale UP 1996] Hardcover 368 pp. 150 b/w + 7 colorplates 7 1/2 x 10 Evelyn S. Welch explores Renaissance court patronage and power in this impressive study of three key architectural and artistic monuments of fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Milan--the cathedral, castle and hospital. A vivid depiction of ambition, the pursuit of influence, and the interplay between city and court, the book reconstructs a time when patrons and artists formed friendships, alliances, and economic partnerships to define the creation of art in Milan. Cloth. D/w. Near fine
[Chichester, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1996]