Italian Renaissance Art
Published on 8. April 2001
Book
Hardback
432 pages
978-0-8133-3690-9 (ISBN)
Description
The most up-to-date and complete text on Italian Renaissance art and its artists yet published, with over 400 illustrations, 215 in color. . The Italian Renaissance is one of the great periods of genius in western history. In this new book, art historian Laurie Schneider Adams brings to readers a vibrant and engaging presentation of Renaissance art history that is supported by up-to-date scholarship and methodology. The book opens with the late Byzantine work of Cimabue and concludes with the transition to Mannerism. The authors focus is on the most important and innovative artists and their principal works, with a clear emphasis on selectivity and understanding. Italian Renaissance Art also focuses on style and iconography, and on art and artists, incorporating different methodological approaches to create a wider understanding and appreciation of the art. More than 400 illustrations, 215 of which are in color, are integrated throughout the book and large enough to be properly viewed. There are also maps, plans and diagrams when appropriate.
Visually stunning and beautifully packaged, Italian Renaissance Art also includes side boxes with descriptions of artistic media and techniques as well as discussions of historical background information.
Visually stunning and beautifully packaged, Italian Renaissance Art also includes side boxes with descriptions of artistic media and techniques as well as discussions of historical background information.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Illustrations
Illustrations (chiefly col.)
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 185 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8133-3690-9 (9780813336909)
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Content
Part One: Precursors of the Renaissance; Chapter One: The Thirteenth Century; The Context; The Stylistic Background; Vasaris Lives and the Framing of the Renaissance; Cimabue; Saints Dominic and Francis: Mendicant Friars; Nicola and Giovanni Pisano; Duccio di Buoninsegna: The Rucellai Madonna; Siena and Florence in 1300; Giotto: The Santa Maria Novella Crucifix; Chapter Two: Trecento Precursors; Giotto di Bondone; Sienese Painting in the Fourteenth Century; Ambrogio Lorenzetti: Allegories of Good and Bad Government; 1348: The Black Death; Andrea da Firenze: Way of Salvation; Andrea di Cione (Orcagna); Part Two: The Quattrocento; Chapter Three: Architecture and Sculpture in Florence; The Competition of 1401; Ghibertis Commentarii; Public Sculpture: The Exterior of Florence Cathedral; Donatellos John the Evangelist; The Architecture of Brunelleschi; Late Work: Santa Maria degli Angeli and the Ideal of the Circular Plan; Or San Michele: The Exterior Niches; Chapter Four: Painting in Florence: 1400-1430; Lorenzo Monacos Coronation of the Virgin; Gentile da Fabrianos Adoration of the Magi : 1423; Masaccio; The Brancacci Chapel Frescoes; Chapter Five: Painting in Florence: 1430-1460; Leon Battista Alberti: On Painting; Fra Angelico; Filippo Lippi; Chapter Six: Painting in Florence, II: 1430-1460; Paolo Uccello; Domenico Veneziano; Andrea del Castagno; Chapter Seven: Sculpture and Architecture in Florence: 1430s-1460s; Brunis Humanist Tomb; Albertis Self-Portrait Plaque: An Iconographic Puzzle; Donatello in the Mid-Fifteenth Century; Ghibertis East Doors; Palace Architecture; The Faade of Santa Maria Novella; Chapter Eight: Developments in Siena, Rimini, and Pienza: 14001460; Siena; Rimini; Pienza; Chapter Nine: Developments in Umbria, the Marches, and Naples: 1400s1460s; Alfonso I of Naples; Piero della Francesca; The Montefeltro Court in Urbino; Federicos Dynastic Iconograph