European Art of the Sixteenth Century Maps Christopher Smart

Christopher Smart

and crone—seductress and destroyer

the four-year undertaking was completed just a few months before his death

Floating Tambourines

thwarted ambitions) to the downright horrible (catarrh

European Art of the Sixteenth Century Maps Christopher SmartIn the sixteenth century the humanist values and admiration for classical antiquity that marked the early Renaissance spread from Italy throughout the rest of the continent, resulting in the development of a number of local artistic styles in other countries. Artists were highly valued and richly compensated during this period, with many receiving lucrative commissions from papal, royal, and private patrons. Among the sixty artists whose works are