Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Books: Renaissance (Hardback)
Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Books: Renaissance (Hardback)
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Renaissance is Book #91 in the Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Books series and is subtitled "Discover the art of the Northern and Italian Renaissance, from the 14th to the 16th centuries."
Brilliantly illustrated with photos of the art of the masters, such as Raphael, Andrea del Castagno, Hugo van der Goes, Albrecht Dürer, Michelangelo, Ghiberti, Leonardo Da Vinci, and many more, this book gives "fresh 'eyewitness' insight into appreciation of the momentous and influential art of the Renaissance era."
Contents:
- What is the Renaissance?
- The impact of Giotto
- Painting in Siena
- Renaissance Florence
- Early Renaissance sculpture
- The courtly style
- The Brancacci Chapel
- Flemish naturalism
- The artist's craft
- Images of devotion
- Classical inspiration
- The "invention" of perspective
- Harmony and beauty
- Botticelli and mythology
- The rise of landscape
- The genius of Leonardo
- Leonardo's explorations
- Dürer's pioneering role
- The Reformation
- The Venetian State
- Titian, master of color
- The High Renaissance
- Rome's renewal
- Raphael's Vatican rooms
- Michelangelo's "divine" powers
- The Sistine ceiling
- The North and Italy
- Mannerism
- Chronology
- Glossary; Featured works
- Index; Acknowledgments
Note: The art of this period features nudity.
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PUBLISHER: Dorling Kindersley
ISBN-13: 9780789455826
ISBN-10: 078945582X