Games and Game Playing in European Art and Literature, 16th-17th Centuries

This collection of essays examines the vogue for games and game playing as expressed in art, architecture, and literature in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europe.

Robin O'Bryan (PhD) is an Art Historian focusing on issues related to popular culture in Italian Renaissance art, especially dwarfs. Her published articles have appeared in journals and anthologies including Games and Game Playing in Early Modern Art and Literature which she also edited for Amsterdam University Press.

List of Illustrations, Acknowledgements, Introduction: A Passion for Games, Part One: Chess and Luxury Playing Cards, Part Two: Gambling and Games of Chance, Part Three: Outdoor and Sportive Games, Part Four: Games on Display, Bibliography, Index