History of Italian Renaissance art : painting, sculpture, architecture
Hartt, Frederick2003
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Focuses on the works of art, their creators, and the circumstances affecting their creation. This text is organized with chapters dedicated to developments in different areas or cities, such as Florence, Rome, Venice, and North Italy. It is useful for sophomore/senior survey courses of Italian Renaissance painting, sculpture, and architecture. For sophomore/senior survey courses of Italian Renaissance painting, sculpture, and architecture.Long hailed as one of the most comprehensive and richly detailed chronologies of painting, sculpture, and architecture in Italy from c. 1200 AD to c. 1594 AD, this text focuses on the works of art, their creators, and the circumstances affecting their creation. This revision is designed to provide students with a more streamlined approach to understanding Italian Renaissance art without losing the enthusiasm and appreciation that Hartt demonstrated for this area and which earlier editions of this book conveyed so successfully to generations of students. The text is organized first of all chronologically, with individual chapters dedicated to developments in different areas or cities, such as Florence, Tuscany, Rome, Venice, and North Italy. There is a strong emphasis on understanding the works of individual artists as examples of their specific approach and style.
Edition:
5th ed. Frederick Hartt and David G. Wilkins.
Imprint:
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, 2003.
Collation:
768 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps, ports. (some col.) ; 30 cm.
Notes:
Previous ed.: Frederick Hartt. London : Thames and Hudson, 1994.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780130620118 (hbk)
Dewey class:
709.4509024709.45
Language:
English
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BRN:
2881583