Dr. Avery's work on Italian sculpture is highlighted in this volume, featuring articles written between 1986 and 1996. Topics include specific discoveries and broader surveys of Renaissance sculpture, as well as bronze items like seals and locks, and garden sculpture. Some pieces are previously unpublished.

This volume contains papers written in the years following 1986 which discuss both specific examples of sculpture, such as Donatello's Madonna, or broader surveys of a particular sculptor or style. Both stone and bronze sculptures are studied, including garden sculpture and other metal artefacts, for example seals and locks.