Stephan Wolohojian

An exploration of a crucial turning point in Italian art, the early 1300s in the city of Siena "This is a book to be savoured and treasured, much like the objects it celebrates."—Ann Landi, Wall Street Journal In the early 1300s, the city of Siena gave rise to an extraordinary period of creativity and innovation. Painters, sculptors, and goldsmiths produced...

The first publication on the personal and professional relationship between Manet and Degas, two giants of nineteenth-century French art. Friends, rivals, and at times antagonists, Édouard Manet and Edgar Degas maintained a pictorial dialogue throughout their lives as they both worked to define the painting of modern urban life. Manet/Degas, the first book to consider their careers in parallel, investigates...