Les Cahiers de l’Ornement Gigetta Dalli Regoli The essays collected in the volume here reviewed aim at discussing the role and the relevance of the ornament in the visual arts across the centuries, from classical antiquity up to the Renaissance and Baroque,with a stress on such artists as Filippino Lippi, Amico Aspertini, Leonardo and Giacomo…

Hagia Sophia and the Byzantine Aesthetic Experience Stefania Gerevini This book takes an inside look at the sense of wonder and otherworldliness that has overwhelmed visitorsto the church of Hagia Sophia since early Byzantine times, and examines the sixth-century building fromthe perspective of aesthetics, and in relation to early Byzantine theories of color, luminosity and…

Corpus of Sienese Paintings in Hungary, 1420-1510 Emanuele Zappasodi Review of the catalogue of Sienese early Renaissance paintings (1420-1510) in Hungarian museums andcollections, written by a renowned specialist in the ! eld, Dóra Sallay. The volume contains notable historical and critical novelties, and it will be followed by two other catalogues, dedicated respectively to lateMedieval…

Agnolo Bronzino: The Muse of Florence Eliana Carrara The volume, dedicated to the memory of Professor Craig Hugh Smyth, aims to shed a new light on the figure of Agnolo Bronzino, an important artist at the court of Cosimo I de’ Medici, and his wealthy patrons.

Guida ai principali dipinti nell’Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia Cecilia Riva The article reviews the new Italian edition of John Ruskin’s Guide to the principal paintings of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia (1877), philologically and critically edited by Paul Tucker, and translated intoItalian by Emma Sdegno.