The Tombs of the Doges of Venice, The Sculpture of Nanni di Banco, The Sculptures of Andrea del Verrocchio & Alessandro Vittoria and the Portrait Bust in Renaissance Venice: Remodelling Antiquity. (Book Reviews).

From: The Art Bulletin | Date: September 1, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

DEBRA PINCUS

The Tombs of the Doges of Venice

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. 275 pp.; 126 b/w ills. $85.00

MARY BERGSTEIN

The Sculpture of Nanni di Banco

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2000. 240 pp.; 156 b/w ills. $82.50

ANDREW BUTTERFIELD

The Sculptures of Andrea del Verrocchio

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997. 272 pp.; 60 color ills., 200 b/w. $70.00

THOMAS MARTIN

Alessandro Vittoria and the Portrait Bust in Renaissance Venice: Remodelling Antiquity

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998. 312 pp.; 164 b/w ...

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