renaissance

Ross King's masterful account of how Filippo Brunelleschi built the impossible—a massive dome over Florence's cathedral without wooden scaffolding, revolutionizing architecture and engineering in the process.

Stephen Greenblatt's Pulitzer Prize-winning account of how a 15th century book hunter's discovery of Lucretius's 'On the Nature of Things' helped ignite the Renaissance and reshape Western thought.

by Ross King

How a sculptor who hated painting created the Sistine Chapel ceiling—mastering perspective, chemistry, and sublime art under Pope Julius II.

by Ross King

How Filippo Brunelleschi built the impossible—a massive dome over Florence's cathedral without scaffolding.

by Stephen Greenblatt

How a 15th century book hunter's discovery helped ignite the Renaissance.