Court Life at Ferrara
F.M. Godfrey describes how, during the fifteenth century, the courtly civilization of Ferrara gave birth to splendid works of art.
F.M. Godfrey
Painting and History: Mantegna and the Lords of Mantua
Soldiers of fortune yet passionate lovers of art—the Gonzagas were a typical product of Renaissance Italy. By F.M. Godfrey.
The Pictorial Records of the Medicis
F.M. Godfrey sifts through diverse depictions of Italy's Renaissance family.
Roger van der Weyden and the Court of Burgundy
F.M. Godfrey describes the life of an important late medieval painter of royal subjects.
The Eagle and the Viper: Lodovico Il Moro of Milan, A Renaissance Tyrant
The Italian prince who boasted that the Pope was his chaplain, and the Emperor his condottiere, ended his days in 1508, forgotten in a foreign prison