Italian Renaissance Art - Couverture souple

Adams, Laurie Schneider

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0813349028 ISBN 13 : 9780813349022

Editeur : Westview Press, 2013

Synopsis

Now thoroughly revised and updated throughout, featuring extended discussions of Mannerism and the expanding role of women in the visual arts and significant illustration program enhancements, Italian Renaissance Art is a readable, student-friendly, lavishly-illustrated introduction to one of the greatest periods of artistic genius in western history.

Art historian Laurie Schneider Adams opens the text with the late Byzantine work of Cimabue and concludes with the transition to Mannerism. The author presents the most important and innovative artists and their principal works, with a clear emphasis on selectivity and understanding. Italian Renaissance Art also focuses on style and iconography, and on art and artists, incorporating different methodological approaches to create a wider understanding and appreciation of the art.

Distinguishing features of the second edition include:
More than 400 images throughout the work, with over 300 in full-color. Over 50 images were changed from black and white to full-color for this edition. Illustration program now includes works by Correggio, Bronzino, and Pontormo.

Large format illustrations retained for readability and visual access by students. Design changes make the text more attractive and readable.

“Connections,” with thumbnail images of earlier works, show the historical continuity of the images. “Comparison” thumbnails have also been added for the purpose of comparing and contrasting later works with earlier ones.

New treatment of Mannerism and the expanding role of women in the visual arts. Coverage includes Lavinia Fontana, Sofonisba Anguissola, and Properzia de' Rossi, and a new feature box discusses the role of Isabella d'Este as an influential art patron and humanist.

Maps, plans, and diagrams included throughout. Also features a historical chronology, a full glossary of art-historical terms, and a select bibliography.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Laurie Schneider Adams is Professor Emerita at John Jay College, City University of New York. At the Graduate Center she taught courses on Art and Psychoanalysis, Artists' Biographies and Autobiographies, and the Italian Renaissance. She is the editor of the quarterly journal Source: Notes in the History of Art and the author of Art Across Time, A History of Western Art, The Methodologies of Art, as well as numerous other works.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Westview Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0813349028
• ISBN 13: 9780813349022
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 420
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible