Alonso BerrugueteThe first comprehensive account in English of Renaissance Spains preeminent sculptor Alonso Berruguete (c. 14881561) revolutionized the arts of Renaissance Spain with a dramatic style of sculpture that reflected the decade or more he had spent in Italy while young. Trained as a painter, he traveled to Italy around 1506, where he interacted with Michelangelo and other leading artists. In 1518, he returned to Spain and was appointed court painter to the