The work that Titian produced during the first decade of his career is beautiful and varied, but it has raised many questions of attribution and chronology. This book-the first thorough and coherent account of this period in Titian's life-reconstructs what he painted, when he painted it, and what these paintings mean. Paul Joannides begins by discussing the probable course of Titian's early career and his relations with Gentile and Giovanni Bellini. There are excurses on Giorgione and on Sebastiano del Piombo, whose work has often been confused with his. Joannides then offers new interpretations of some of Titian's paintings, emphasizing their poetic and dramatic qualities. Among other topics, he associates for the first time the paintings in Saint Petersburg, Venice, and Houston; lays out Titian's part of the Fondaco; connects the privately owned Risen Christ with the Fogg Circumcision; integrates the Dresden Venus and the Berlin Portrait of a Young Man into Titian's work; and establishes the dynamism and inventiveness of the great Assunta of 1516-18. Joannides provides detailed arguments in support of both new and familiar attributions, proposes a more closely reasoned and precise chronology than has been attempted hitherto, and shows the artist to be one of the most sensitive and profound of all interpreters of modern and classical narratives.

Titian to 1518: The Assumption of Genius

Arts & Photography

Joannides, Paul

History & Criticism

Yale University Press

'Renoir, Life and Works (The Bridgeman art library)'

Biographies & Memoirs

Cassell Illustrated*

An authoritative introduction to Raphael, one of the most influential painters in the history of art, written by the preeminent authority on the subject and informed by the latest research. 
For centuries, Raphael has been recognized as the supreme High Renaissance painter, with many considering him more versatile than Michelangelo and more prolific than his older contemporary Leonardo da Vinci. Though he died young at thirty-seven, Raphael’s example as a paragon of classicism dominated the academic tradition of European painting until the mid-nineteenth century. 
This comprehensive survey looks at the different social and regional contexts of Raphael’s work and all aspects of his artistic production. From early training in Urbino to travels across central Italy, particularly Florence, where he became a noted portraitist and painter of Madonnas, to engagement by the papal court, this volume covers all areas of the artist’s practice. Focus is also devoted to the second half of Raphael’s career, when he became the dominant artist in Rome―even ahead of Michelangelo―and as a sophisticate entrepreneur, was able to extend the range of his activities to that of architect, designer, pioneer archaeologist, and theoretician. 
A beautifully illustrated study with over 150 full-color reproductions of Raphael’s work, ranging from major masterpieces to lesser-known paintings and drawings from all periods; art historian Paul Joannides, one of the world’s leading experts on Raphael’s drawings, sheds new light on this seminal artist. 232 color illustrations

Raphael (World of Art)

Thames&Hudson

The Drawings of Raphael by Paul Joannides

The Drawings of Raphael

Univ. Of California Pr.

This volume comprises the fullest and most detailed catalogue of the drawings by and after Michelangelo in the Ashmolean Museum. It is one of the most important collections of drawings by this artist, which also includes drawings after his own by contemporaries that shed light on lost works as well as the artist's reputation and influence during the sixteenth century. The introduction provides a history of Michelangelo's drawings generally and also surveys the various types of drawing practiced by Michelangelo and an account of his development as a draughtsman.

The Drawings of Michelangelo and his Followers in the Ashmolean Museum

Cambridge University Press

The names of Masaccio (1401-1428) and Masolino (1383-1440) are inseparable, and their collaboration is an essential starting point for the study of either artist. This catalogue raisonne forms an up-to-date study of the total oeuvre of both artists.

Masaccio and Masolino: A Complete Catalogue

Phaidon Press

Masaccio

Masolino

Harry N.Abrams, Inc.

Michelangelo and His Influence: Drawings from Windsor Castle

As the title suggests, the paperback edition of this popular title is a comprehensive overview of Michelangelo's style and how that style influenced the generations of artists that followed.
The drawings are from his Windsor Castle groups and are divided into nine sections. Sections one through five cover heads, subjects sacred and profane, pen drawings and chalk nudes. The final four sections examine studies after his sculptures and the influence of the Sistine Chapel, The Last Judgment and the Pauline Chapel. Biographies of the artists and a bibliography complete this impressive catalog.

Individual Artists

Lund Humphries Pub Ltd

Michelangelo Buonarroti

Kimbell Art Museum

National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

Art Institute Of Chicago

Drawing

Natl Gallery of Art

In association with the Bridgeman Art Library these mini monographs celebrate four of the most popular painters. Each book contains 50 key paintings, 20 gorgeous details and a brief introduction by an eminent art historian mapping out the significant moments of the artist’s career.

Renoir: Life and Works

Sourcebooks, Inc.

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