Renaissance art reconsidered : an anthology of primary sources / edited by Carol M. Richardson, Kim W. Woods and Michael W. Franklin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Richardson, Carol M., 1969-

Woods, Kim.

Franklin, Michael W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Renaissance--Sources.

Art, Renaissance.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xvi, 449 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub. ; Milton Keynes, UK : In Association with the Open University, [2007]

Summary:

Renaissance Art Reconsidered: An Anthology of Primary Sources offers an intimate glimpse into the reality of making art, and the geographical, material and theoretical factors that shaped artistic production between 1400 and 1530. This book widens the traditional Italian focus of Renaissance art history, considering texts from northern Europe and the Mediterranean alongside texts relating to Italian art. Unprecedented in its range, this collection brings together a wide variety of contracts, extracts from treatises, letters, diaries, wills and other important documents, many of which are translated into English for the first time, to provide crucial insight into the art and the context in which it was produced.

Contents:

Drawing and workshop practice

Linear perspective

Sculpture

Architecture

Panel painting

Prints and printmaking

Treatises, histories, artists and education

Florence and Rome

Netherlandish networks

Tapestries

Siena

The post-Byzantine Renaissance

Venice

Architectural treatises

Art, class and wealth

Views on art in Florence

Illuminated manuscripts

Art and monarchy in France

The market in icons

Art and death

The reform of images.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [429]-436) and index.

ISBN:

9781405146401

1405146400

9781405146418

1405146419

OCLC:

74988041

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