Deborah Parker

Biography

Deborah Parker is the author of Bronzino: Renaissance Painter as Poet (Cambridge, 2000) and Commentary and Ideology: Dante in the Renaissance (Duke, 1993). She is currently working on a book on Michelangelo’s letters.

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CRITICISM / Spring 2004

“The Moon Has No Home”: Japanese Color Woodblock Prints

By Deborah Parker

Visitors fortunate enough to have seen “The Moon Has No Home” were introduced to a striking new perspective on an art form that has enthralled interested viewers since the 1854 opening of Japan to the West. The show’s very title hints at...

CRITICISM / Winter 2002

A Pleasure Grove of Italian Renaissance Art

By Deborah Parker

Readers will not be disappointed with the wealth of material covered. Entries on individual artists are logically arranged to include information on his or her life and works; working methods and techniques, writings (if any), character and...