Looks at works of art in terms of their audiences, functions and cross-cultural contexts. While focused on painting, sculpture and architecture, this title also explores a wide range of visual culture in a variety of media and methods. It also includes essays on key themes of Me…
The first of three text books, published in association with the Open University, which offer an innovatory exploration of art and visual culture. Through carefully chosen themes and topics rather than through a general survey, the volumes approach the process of looking at work…
This series forms the main texts of an Open University Level 2 module, Exploring Art and Visual Culture. Central is a concern with the ways in which the concept of art has developed over the course of time and how visual practices have both responded to and been shaped by these …
by Lymberopoulou, Angeliki, Woods, Kim, Richardson, Carol M.
fromRenaissance Art Reconsidered
by Lymberopoulou, Angeliki, Woods, Kim, Richardson, Carol M.
fromRenaissance Art Reconsidered
by Lymberopoulou, Angeliki, Woods, Kim, Richardson, Carol M.
fromRenaissance Art Reconsidered
by Lymberopoulou, Angeliki, Woods, Kim, Richardson, Carol M.
fromRenaissance Art Reconsidered
V.1. This book explores key themes in the making of Renaissance painting, sculpture, architecture, and prints: the use of specific techniques and materials, theory and practice, change and continuity in artistic procedures, conventions and values. It also reconsiders the importa…
by Lymberopoulou, Angeliki, Woods, Kim, Richardson, Carol M.
fromRenaissance Art Reconsidered
This book focuses on the values, priorities, and motives of patrons and the purposes and functions of art works produced north and south of the Alps and in post-Byzantine Crete. It begins by considering the social range and character of Renaissance patronage and ends with a stud…
