History of Italian Renaissance Art
4th Edition
Published on 1. February 1994
Book
Hardback
696 pages
978-0-13-393380-2 (ISBN)
Description
For sophmore/senior courses on Italian Renaissance Art.
Long hailed as one of the most comprehensive and richly detailed chronologies of painting, sculpture, and architecture in Italy from c. 1200 A.D. to c. 1594 A. D., this volume focuses on the works of art, their creators, and the circumstances affecting their creation.
Long hailed as one of the most comprehensive and richly detailed chronologies of painting, sculpture, and architecture in Italy from c. 1200 A.D. to c. 1594 A. D., this volume focuses on the works of art, their creators, and the circumstances affecting their creation.
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Edition
4th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 300 mm
Width: 230 mm
Thickness: 45 mm
Weight
2820 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-393380-2 (9780133933802)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
I. THE LATE MIDDLE AGES.
1. Italy and Italian Art.
2. Duecento Art in Tuscany and Rome.
3. Florentine Art of the Early Trecento.
4. Sienese Art of the Early Trecento.
5. Later Gothic Art in Tuscany and Northern Italy.
II. THE QUATTROCENTO.
6. The Beginnings of Renaissance Architecture.
7. Gothic and Renaissance in Tuscan Sculpture.
8. Gothic and Renaissance in Florentine Painting.
9. The Heritage of Masaccio and the Second Renaissance Style.
10. The Second Renaissance Style in Architecture and Sculpture.
11. Absolute and Perfect Painting: The Second Renaissance Style.
12. Crisis and Crosscurrents.
13. Science, Poetry, and Prose.
14. The Renaissance in Central Italy.
15. Gothic and Renaissance in Venice and Northern Italy.
III. THE CINQUECENTO.
16. The High Renaissance in Florence.
17. The High Renaissance in Rome.
18. High Renaissance and Mannerism.
19. High and Late Renaissance in Venice and on the Mainland.
20. Michelangelo and the Maniera.
Glossary.
Bibliography.
Index.
Credits.
1. Italy and Italian Art.
2. Duecento Art in Tuscany and Rome.
3. Florentine Art of the Early Trecento.
4. Sienese Art of the Early Trecento.
5. Later Gothic Art in Tuscany and Northern Italy.
II. THE QUATTROCENTO.
6. The Beginnings of Renaissance Architecture.
7. Gothic and Renaissance in Tuscan Sculpture.
8. Gothic and Renaissance in Florentine Painting.
9. The Heritage of Masaccio and the Second Renaissance Style.
10. The Second Renaissance Style in Architecture and Sculpture.
11. Absolute and Perfect Painting: The Second Renaissance Style.
12. Crisis and Crosscurrents.
13. Science, Poetry, and Prose.
14. The Renaissance in Central Italy.
15. Gothic and Renaissance in Venice and Northern Italy.
III. THE CINQUECENTO.
16. The High Renaissance in Florence.
17. The High Renaissance in Rome.
18. High Renaissance and Mannerism.
19. High and Late Renaissance in Venice and on the Mainland.
20. Michelangelo and the Maniera.
Glossary.
Bibliography.
Index.
Credits.