The Italian sculptor and painter Andrea del Verrocchio (1435-1488) created some of the most powerful monumental bronze sculptures of the Renaissance. Andrea del Verrocchio was born in Florence, the son of a brick and tile maker. Nothing is known about...

Andrew Butterfield, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1998.60 color pls.+ 200 b/w illus. + 288 pp. $65. ISBN: 0-300-07194-9. Andrew Butterfield's book provides a long-needed authoritative reevaluation of Verrocchio's sculptures. It is composed of seven chapters on Verrocchio's major commissions,...

DEBRA PINCUS The Tombs of the Doges of Venice Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. 275 pp.; 126 b/w ills. $85.00 MARY BERGSTEIN The Sculpture of Nanni di Banco Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2000. 240 pp.; 156 b/w ills....