Style is one of the oldest and most powerful analytic tools available to art writers. Despite the importance of style as an artistic, literary, and historiograp

This volume presents a collection of original papers at the intersection of philosophy, the history of science, cultural and theatrical studies. Based on a seri

The development of art theory over the course of the Renaissance and Baroque eras is reflected in major stylistic shifts. In order to elucidate the relationship

The first comprehensive study on the role of Italian fashion and Italian literature, this book analyzes clothing and fashion as described and represented in lit

Including contributions by historians of early modern European art, architecture, and literature, this book examines the transformative force of the vernacular