Rudolf Wittkower

"This book has a taxonomy of sets of similar symbols with which the history of their locations, uses, and meanings can be put together to see the whole. Well researched and written/translated. Not a dictionary of symbols with definitions, or even an encyclopedia - more like a collection of specific histories."--Amazon. Fourteen essays written between 1937 and 1970.

Nancy makes up for her naughtiness in school with a courageous act during a field trip to the seashore.

The life and works of Italian sculptor and architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

The papers in this collection were presented at a symposium sponsored by the Conference on British Studies at the University of Delaware. Six leading experts on different aspects of eighteenth-century Britain wrote on a general theme which cuts across traditional disciplinary boundaries. This theme is the lot of the ordinary individual in eighteenth-century society. This collection provides a wealth of information and valuable insights for the scholar of eighteenth-century Britain.