Ten years after the tragic theft of Benvenuto Cellini’s masterpiece, a gold and enamel saltcellar, Vienna’s Kunstkammer (Art Room) at the Kunsthistorisches Museum has reopened. Completely renovated, t
The House of Habsburg was one of the wealthiest dynasties in Europe, and many of its members were also great collectors and patrons of the arts. This book features the masterpieces from the Habsburg c
Surveying Lucian Freud's entire career and including many of his most important paintings, this generously illustrated book also explores his interest in historical art and the influence it had on the
The Spanish artist Diego Velazquez (1599–1660) was one of the most important painters of the Golden Age. Taking as its starting point a group of masterly children’s portraits from the high-profile col
A gloriously illustrated volume that looks at the remarkable armor of a key Habsburg commander and its relationship to contemporary Renaissance fashion This sumptuously illustrated book celebrat
A pioneering exploration of Rothko’s deep and sustained engagement with the history of art While Mark Rothko (1903–1970) has long been considered a preeminent figure in 20th-century art, f
