A companion to Renaissance and Baroque art / edited by Babette Bohn and James M. Saslow.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bohn, Babette, 1950- editor.

Saslow, James M., editor.

Series:

Blackwell companions to art history.

Wiley-Blackwell companions to art history

THEi Wiley ebooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Renaissance.

Art, Baroque.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 630 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.

Language Note:

English.

System Details:

Access using campus network via VPN at home (THEi Users Only).

Summary:

"Through the masterpieces produced by artists ranging from Michelangelo and Leonardo to Rembrandt, Rubens, and Vermeer, Europe's Renaissance and Baroque period grew into one of the most creative times in world history. A Companion to Renaissance and Baroque Art presents a comprehensive collection of interdisciplinary essays that address major aspects of European visual arts produced from approximately 1300 to 1700, a period of artistic flourishing that many consider the beginning of modern history. These essays, however, transcend the traditional period labels of "Renaissance" and "Baroque" by addressing works from Duccio and Chaucer to Velazquez and Newton as a single continuum, inclusive in terms of both disciplinary and geographical boundaries, as an era best characterized as 'early modern.'"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

pt. 1. The context : social-historical factors in artistic production

pt. 2. The artist : creative process and social status

pt. 3. The object : art as material culture

pt. 4. The message : subjects and meanings

pt. 5. The viewer, the critic, and the historian : reception and interpretation as cultural discourse.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-118-39147-0

1-118-39148-9

1-78268-969-9

1-299-24137-9

1-118-39150-0

1-118-39151-9

OCLC:

828868873