Italian Art, 1500-1600

Italian Art, 1500-1600
Author: Robert Klein
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Total Pages: 220
Release: 1989
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780810108523

Art and the cultured public - Documents on art and artists - Mid-century Venetian art criticism - Vasari - Art theory in the second half of the century - The Counter-Reformation - Artists, amateurs and collectors - On beauty.

Italian Art, 1400-1500

Italian Art, 1400-1500
Author: Creighton Gilbert
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1992
Genre: Art, Early Renaissance
ISBN: 9780810110342

Creighton E. Gilbert captures the spirit of the early Renaissance in this remarkable collection of primary texts by and about artists of the fifteenth century. Italian Art makes a valuable contribution not only to the field of art history, but also to social and intellectual history. Almost all aspects of the life of the period--war, fashion, travel, communication--are documented. Revealing significant aspects of the practice of art, the process of patronage, and the way of life and social position of early Renaissance artists, Italian Art brings this fascinating period to life for students and scholars.

Art in Renaissance Italy, 1350-1500

Art in Renaissance Italy, 1350-1500
Author: Evelyn S. Welch
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2000
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780192842794

"Focuses primarliy on the social and historical context in which art was made and used"--Bibliographic essay (p. 326).

The High Renaissance and Mannerism

The High Renaissance and Mannerism
Author: Linda Murray
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Total Pages: 287
Release: 1977
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780500201626

After the death of Raphael in 1520, the next generation in Italy was to see the rise of the complex and refined sensibility summed up in the term "Mannerism." In this uniquely comprehensive guide to sixteenth-century Renaissance art, Linda Murray examines the manifold achievements of Italian artists and identifies the individual forms taken by artists in Northern Europe and in Spain, including Durer, Bruegel and El Greco.

Painting and Experience in Fifteenth Century Italy

Painting and Experience in Fifteenth Century Italy
Author: Michael Baxandall
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Total Pages: 200
Release: 1988
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780192821447

An introduction to 15th century Italian painting and the social history behind it, arguing that the two are interlinked and that the conditions of the time helped fashion distinctive elements in the painter's style.

Architecture in Italy, 1500-1600

Architecture in Italy, 1500-1600
Author: Wolfgang Lotz
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 222
Release: 1995-01-01
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0300064691

This classic work presents a stimulating survey of the most exciting and innovative period in the history of architecture. Lotz also goes beyond the more familiar locations, architects and buildings to conquer less well-known territories, exploring Piedmont and Vitozzi and ending with a study of bizzarrie.

Bazaar to Piazza

Bazaar to Piazza
Author: Rosamond E. Mack
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2002
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780520221314

From Italian textiles featuring Islamic and Asian motifs to ceramics and glassware that reflected Syrian techniques and ornamental concepts, this book gives an extraordinary view of the influence of imported Oriental goods in Italy over three crucial centuries of artistic development, from 1300 to 1600.".