Sarah McBryde

Sarah McBryde is an independent scholar and series assistant editor for Elements in the Renaissance (Cambridge University Press)

Booksreview

A new publication explores how Renaissance Europe viewed and thought about skin

The detailed survey seeks to rethink how people understood, and gave meaning to, the body and its portrayal in the period

Booksreview

A new ‘anti-biography’ rips apart the myth of Leonardo as a solitary genius

The new study of the Da Vinci brand uses historical context to debunk the artist’s cult status and present him as a man of his time