Item #1034 The Feud that Sparked the Renaissance: How Brunelleschi and Ghiberti Changed the Art World. Paul Robert Walker.

The Feud that Sparked the Renaissance: How Brunelleschi and Ghiberti Changed the Art World.

New York: William Morrow: An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2002. Item #1034

8vo.  325 x 155 mm., [9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches].  xv, 269 pp.  8 pages of black and white plates.  Publisher's two tone paper boards, dust jacket.  Very good copy.

First edition.  Bestselling biography of Lorenzo Ghiberti and Filippo Brunelleschi and the competition to design and fabricate the main doors and the dome of the Church of St. John in Florence.  Well researched and readable, Walker's book include a history of Florence during the 15th century and includes cameos of Donatello, Cosimo de' Medici, Leon Battista Alberti and other notable Florentines of the period.

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Price: $35.00

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