Studiolo Literacy & Reading reader and listener

reader and listener

a book as challenging as it is consistently absorbing

a thrilling murder mystery read about friendship

Featuring original Ladybird artwork alongside brilliantly funny

Robert Tracy

Studiolo Literacy & Reading reader and listenerA brief study of select Western art from Italy's foremost philosopher. In Renaissance palaces, the studiolo was a small room to which the prince withdrew to meditate or read, surrounded by paintings he particularly loved. This book is a kind of studiolo for its author, Giorgio Agamben, as he turns his philosophical lens on the world of Western art. Studiolo is a fascinating take on a selection of artworks created over millennia; some are easily