Frederick Hartt Book order (chronological)

Frederick Hartt's 'History of Italian renaissance art' has long been considered the best book ever written on this important period in Western Art. Comprehensive, well-illustrated and entertaining, it is also a model of clarity and scholarly precision. The revising author, David Wilkins, has remained sensitive to Hartt's vision and approach while drawing on the latest reasearch to bring the text up to date.

This volume includes all of Michelangelo's paintings, as well as a selection of his work in sculpture and architecture. Numerous full-color details capture the works' staggering depth of meaning and magnificent beauty. Frederick Hartt, the great scholar of Italian Renaissance art, provides a fascinating account of Michelangelo's titanic genius.