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by Dante Alighieri

A new blank verse translation of Dante's epic, complete with an authoritative Introduction, diagrams, maps, and notes.

The Art of Realism

by John Varriano

In Caravaggio, Varriano uncovers the principles and practices that guided Caravaggio's brush as he made some of the most controversial paintings in the history of art. He sheds an important new light on these disputes by tracing the autobiographical threads in Caravaggio's paintings, framing these within the context of contemporary Italian culture.