Product Description: This meticulously researched catalogue presents an authoritative assessment of the works of Pompeo Batoni (1708–1787), one of the 18th century’s most celebrated painters. Born in Lucca, Batoni established himself in Rome and received commissions from popes, princes, and British aristocrats on the Grand Tour...read more

Product Description: Tells the story of the École des Beaux Arts and its profound influence on late seventeenth-, eighteenth- and nineteenth-century European visual culture. It features 208 art works from the École’s collection, including works by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Nicolas Poussin and Jacques-Louis David...read more

Product Description: Severo Sarduy never enjoyed the same level of notoriety as did other Latin American writers. On the other hand, he never lacked for excellent critical interpretations of his work from critics like Roberto González Echevarría, René Prieto, Gustavo Guerrero, and other reputable scholars...read more