"Art historian Laurie Schneider Adams opens the text with the late Byzantine work of Cimabue and concludes with the transition to Mannerism. The author presents the most important and innovative artists and their principal works, with a clear emphasis on selectivity and understa…
Viewing Renaissance art
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…
Viewing Renaissance art
by Lymberopoulou, Angeliki, Woods, Kim, Richardson, Carol M.
fromRenaissance Art Reconsidered
Viewing Renaissance art
by Lymberopoulou, Angeliki, Woods, Kim, Richardson, Carol M.
fromRenaissance Art Reconsidered
Viewing Renaissance art
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…
"No city but Florence contains such an intense concentration of art produced in such a short span of time ... while most guidebooks offer only brief descriptions of a large number of works, with little discussion of the historical background, Judith Testa gives a fresh perspecti…
"No city but Florence contains such an intense concentration of art produced in such a short span of time ... while most guidebooks offer only brief descriptions of a large number of works, with little discussion of the historical background, Judith Testa gives a fresh perspecti…
No city but Florence contains such an intense concentration of art produced in such a short span of time ... while most guidebooks offer only brief descriptions of a large number of works, with little discussion of the historical background, this guide gives perspective on the r…
"Viewers in the Middle Ages and Renaissance were encouraged to forge connections between their physical and affective states when they experienced works of art. They believed that their bodies served a critical function in coming to know and make sense of the world around them, …