Summary

The catalogue, in soft cover, records 52 works by 42 artists of the Renaissance Italy from the exhibition Italian Renaissance Drawings from the British Museum. Artists include Mantegna, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Titian, Raphael, and Rosso Fiorentino, among others. Divided into 6 sessions, namely ‘The Human Figure’, ‘Movement’, ‘Light’, ‘Costume and Drapery’, ‘The Natural World’, and ‘Storytelling’, the exhibition explores some of the themes that characterise Renaissance art. The catalogue also provides readers special articles, map of Renaissance Italy, glossary, etc.