A New History of Italian Renaissance Art /anglais - Couverture rigide

Campbell, Stephen J.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0500238863 ISBN 13 : 9780500238868

Editeur : Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2012

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Stephen Campbell and Michael Cole introduce Italian Renaissance art in this easy-to-follow chronological survey. Drawing on the most recent scholarship, their book makes new approaches accessible to students and non-specialist readers, telling the story of art in the great centres of Rome, Florence and Venice while profiling a range of other cities and sites throughout Italy. The book uses a novel decade-by-decade structure, which allows students to follow the chronology easily, as well as enabling collaborative works to be discussed in their entirety, and ensuring that discussion of minor centres can be brought in as needed. It presents the classic canon of Renaissance painting and sculpture in full, while expanding the scope of conventional surveys by offering a more thorough coverage of architecture, decorative and domestic arts, and print media. Rather than emphasizing artists biographies, this new account concentrates on the works, discussing means of production, the places for which images were made, the concerns of patrons, and the expectations and responses of the works first viewers. Renaissance art is seen as decidedly new, a moment in the history of art whose concerns persist in the present. Dazzlingly ambitious and fiercely intelligent, this is very much a book of today, which seems destined to remain the survey of choice for years to come David Ekserdjian, Leicester University A fine and original new introduction to Italian Renaissance art [it] generates new perspectives on the progress and parameters of an entire visual tradition Tom Nichols, University of Aberdeen

Revue de presse :

Fresh, stimulating and accessible look at Italian Renaissance art. --RA Magazine

An impressive volume that looks at one of the greatest periods of art in a genuinely new and fascinating way ... huge and beautifully illustrated. --Country Life

Very much a book of today ... the largest and most comprehensive textbook on the subject - sure to make a Botticelli lover out of anyone. --Monocle

Stunning ... Campbell and Cole set out to escape from the shadow of Hartt's impressive but dated study, and give us a new history of Italian Renaissance art that is much more fully aware of the historical and social contexts in which it was produced ... excellent and plentiful colour illustrations. --Art Quarterly

Prompts some fascinating insights ... this is a book that draws readers in and makes them discover new, illuminating contexts. --Apollo

A massive, copiously illustrated volume ... strong on technique, court art and centres of production --Burlington Magazine

Splendid ... Among the best scholars in their field, they have produced a text informed by methodological sophistication, allied to an ability to make complex subjects accessible ... the mental ability with which topics are integrated into a well-written text is remarkable ... an enlightened book that can be read with profit by advanced beginners as well as seasoned professionals --The Art Newspaper

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0500238863
• ISBN 13: 9780500238868
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 680