Books by "Charles Harold Herford"

3 books found

The Age of Wordsworth

The Age of Wordsworth

by Charles Harold Herford

1908

Inventing the Renaissance Putto

Inventing the Renaissance Putto

by Charles Dempsey

2001 · UNC Press Books

The figure of the putto (often portrayed as a mischievous baby) made frequent appearances in the art and literature of Renaissance Italy. Commonly called spiritelli, or sprites, putti embodied a minor species of demon, in their nature neither good