How to Read Italian Renaissance Painting
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Filled with great masterpieces by such artists as Botticelli, Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, Masaccio, Piero della Francesca, Mantegna, and Titian, How to Read Italian Renaissance Painting takes the reader into their world. As in the internationally successful and innovative How to Read a Painting, each spread uses an important painting as a way to explain a key concept, with numerous large details. Here, 180 works illuminate key ideas in Renaissance painting, from "perpective" and "the golden section" to "grace" and "symbolism." In addition, there are brief biographies of the major artists. The result is an original, accessible, and affordable volume that offers an introduction into the art and culture of the Italian Renaissance.
Book information
ISBN: | 9780810989405 |
Publisher: | Abrams |
Imprint: | Abrams |
Pub date: | 01 May 2010 |
DEWEY: | 759.03 |
DEWEY edition: | 23 |
Number of pages: | 400 |
Weight: | 1234g |
Height: | 247mm |
Width: | 178mm |
Spine width: | 33mm |