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24%OFFEvelyn Welch - Art in Renaissance Italy, 1350-1500 - 9780192842794 - V9780192842794
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Art in Renaissance Italy, 1350-1500

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Description for Art in Renaissance Italy, 1350-1500 Paperback. The Italian Renaissance is a pivotal episode in the history of Western culture. This book discusses a range of works from across Italy, examines the issues of materials, workshop practices and artist-patron relationships, and explores the ways in which visual imagery related to contemporary sexual, social and political behaviour. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 304 pages, colour and black and white halftones throughout. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 169 x 22. Weight in Grams: 826.
Between the `Black Death' in the mid-fourteenth century and the French invasions at the end of the fifteenth, artists such as Masaccio, Donatello, Fra Angelico, and Leonardo, working in the kingdoms, princedoms, and republics of the Italian peninsula, created some of the most influential and exciting works in a variety of artistic fields. Yet the traditional story of the Renaissance has been dramatically revised in the light of new scholarship, and new issues have greatly enriched our understanding of the period. Emphasis has been placed on recreating the experience of contemporary Italians - the patrons who commissioned the ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
354
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Series
Oxford History of Art
Condition
New
Weight
841g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780192842794
SKU
V9780192842794
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About Evelyn Welch
Evelyn Welch is a Lecturer at the Warburg Institute, University of London. Her publications include Art and Authority in Renaissance Milan (Yale, 1995).

Reviews for Art in Renaissance Italy, 1350-1500
impressive ... compares well with other recent offerings on the same subject
The Bookseller
Fully and often surprisingly illustrated, carefully annotated and captioned, each combines a historical overview with a nicely opinionated individual approach.
Independent on Sunday
These two books in a new series, the Oxford History of Art, are welcome attempts to assimilate genuine and ... Read more

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