Eyewitness Art: 11 Renaissance
Published on 28. April 1994
Book
Hardback
64 pages
978-0-7513-1047-4 (ISBN)
Description
This introduction to the world of art invites readers of all ages to experience the thrill of seeing art in the making. Renaissance interweaves biography and social history to provide a complete understanding of the historical setting in which the great Renaissance artists worked. Looking at paintings, studies and through the eyes of the painters - what they meant us to see - and explains the hidden meanings and allegories.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Target group
Children/juvenile
Dimensions
Height: 6 mm
Width: 3 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7513-1047-4 (9780751310474)
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Alison Cole
DK Eyewitness Guides: Renaissance
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07/1998
Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd
€32.37
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Content
What is the Renaissance?; the impact of Giotto; painting in Siena; Renaissance Florence; early Renaissnace sculpture; the courtly style; Masaccio; Flemish naturalism; objects of devotion; perspective; harmony and proportion; mythology and meaning; the rise of landscape; Leonardo da Vinci; the Reformation; the Venetian state; Titian the High Renaissance; Rome's artistic renewal; Raphael; Michelangelo's divine power; the Sistine ceiling.