Renaissance History Coloring Book - a Surprise Castle exclusive

24 hand-illustrated scenes from the rebirth of art and science, from a studio with a model on the easel to a sailing caravel under full sail.

Lift the brush. Pick up the pencil.

A hand-drawn adult coloring book, 24 scenes that run from artist studios and Venetian masquerades to alchemist laboratories and astronomer's rooftops. The pace is set by the slow grind of a pigment stone and the steady draft of a perspective drawing, not the next notification.

Step into a studio where a woman in red dress models for a bearded artist at his easel. Walk to an artist's easel displaying a portrait under arched windows. Pull up to a Renaissance study with globe, telescope, quill, and compass. Then to a Venetian masquerade mask with feather plume and ribbons.

The pages keep moving. A classical portico with Corinthian columns and an open book on a platform. A scholar's desk with three-tier bookshelf and balance scale. A Renaissance chamber with woman in ornate dress and flowering urn. A bearded scholar bent over a world map beside a globe.

Wander through the era. A knight in full plate with lion shield. An alchemist's workshop of bottled remedies and mortar. A bearded scholar with ruffled collar examining concentric circles. An ornate bedroom with canopied four-poster bed and lute.

Keep going. A classical facade with arched entryways and topiary. A study table with compass rose astrolabe and scrolled maps. A scholar holding a telescope and pointing at a heavenly orrery. A scribe at a wooden desk reading a great open manuscript. A marble statue on a pedestal in a classical courtyard. A sailing caravel with billowed sails on wavy sea. An astronomer pointing to a heliocentric model — Copernicus. An artist painting a Madonna and Child in a circular framed mirror. A bearded astronomer at his telescope on a rooftop. A celestial armillary sphere on a pedestal. A sculptor chiseling a marble statue. And to close, a printer at a wooden press with stacked paper sheets — Gutenberg's gift in motion.

There's a reason coloring sticks around. It gives a busy mind somewhere to land, and in this case that somewhere is the perspective grid of a Renaissance fresco or the brass of an armillary sphere. Some pages are bold and forgiving. Others will eat a whole afternoon. Works fine with colored pencils, fine-tip markers, or gel pens.

If you know someone with the entire Walter Isaacson Da Vinci on the shelf, a friend who's been to the Uffizi twice, or a Latin teacher with a Vesalius print over the desk, this is for them. It's also for the person who'd quietly rather shade a caravel on a Saturday than scroll.

Mix the pigments.

Inside you'll find 24 scenes: a model and bearded artist at the easel, a portrait on an easel under arched windows, a Renaissance study with globe and quill, a Venetian masquerade mask, a Corinthian portico with open book, a scholar's desk with balance scale, a Renaissance chamber with flowering urn, a bearded scholar over a world map, a knight with lion shield, an alchemist's workshop with bottled remedies, a scholar with concentric circles, an ornate bedroom with canopied bed and lute, a classical arched-entryway facade, a study table with astrolabe and maps, a scholar with telescope and orrery, a scribe with open manuscript, a marble statue in a classical courtyard, a caravel under full sail, an astronomer with heliocentric model, an artist painting Madonna and Child, a bearded astronomer with telescope on a rooftop, an armillary sphere on a pedestal, a sculptor chiseling a marble statue, and a printer at a wooden press.