European Art of the Fifteenth Century Maps alongside short stories such as

alongside short stories such as The Judgement and The Metamorphosis

"The Cat That Walked By Himself"

Twenty-six curious creatures—from the fastidious Ampoo to the world’s one and only Zote—fill the pages of The Utter Zoo

and joyful

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

European Art of the Fifteenth Century Maps alongside short stories such asThis 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