This volume explores the various ways in which artists, patrons, and art historians throughout history have broken bad by defying authority, challenging convention, or rejecting the norm.0For example, artists also sometimes break away from tradition by using unconventional icono…
"Through a close reading of key texts, including poetic and spiritual writings, fairy tales, and a botanical treatise, Golden Fruit examines the role of oranges in Italian culture from their introduction during the medieval period through to the present day. Featuring a beautifu…
1. Mediating spaces : portico, loggia, and pergola -- 2. Classical tradition and vernacular culture : Villa Farnesina and the First Loggia of Leo X -- 3. Visual encyclopedia and trellised walkways : Medici Gardens and the Villa d'Este -- 4. Pictorial fiction and cultural identit…
John Shearman makes the plea for a more engaged reading of art works of the Italian Renaissance, one that will recognize the presuppositions of Renaissance artists about their viewers. His book is the first attempt to construct a history of those Renaissance paintings and sculpt…
