European Art of the Fifteenth Century Maps "The Cat That Walked By

"The Cat That Walked By Himself"

alongside short stories such as The Judgement and The Metamorphosis

until its very name had entered everyday usage as a synonym for the bizarre

all from the collection of the Bodleian Library

Original paintings by award-winning artist Renée Graef playfully illustrate the book

European Art of the Fifteenth Century Maps "The Cat That Walked ByThis beautifully illustrated guide analyzes the most important people, places, and concepts of this early Renaissance period, whose explosion of creativity was to spread throughout Europe in the sixteenth century. Influenced by a revival of interest in Greco Roman ideals and sponsored by a newly prosperous merchant class, fifteenth century artists produced works of astonishingly innovative content and technique. The International Gothic style of