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Italian Renaissance

Author : Peter Crack
Publisher : Flame Tree Illustrated
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-25
Category : Art
ISBN : 1839641886

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Italian Renaissance by Peter Crack Pdf

The Renaissance of the 14th–16th centuries was, and forever will be, one of the most pivotal periods in the development of Western art. Its roots spread wide and deep, and much social and intellectual revitalization had begun before this revered time, but the renewed interest in ancient Greek and Roman texts and the development of expanding trade, which brought greater wealth, meant that classical and humanist thought combined with lavish patronage resulted in major breakthroughs across all spheres of human endeavour – art, architecture, music, literature, science, philosophy and more. And, while it spread across Europe, it was Italy that was to be its crucible. With 2020 marking the 500th anniversary of the death of Raphael, one of the stars of the Renaissance, this sumptuous book celebrates the prolific output of this era. From the radical perspective of Giotto di Bondone (1267–1337), breaking out of the Middles Ages, to the giants of the High Renaissance: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael, and many more, the reader will delight in the fascinating insights offered by the text accompanied by lush reproductions.

A Short History of the Italian Renaissance

Author : Kenneth R. Bartlett
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781442600140

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A Short History of the Italian Renaissance by Kenneth R. Bartlett Pdf

Award-winning lecturer Kenneth R. Bartlett applies his decades of experience teaching the Italian Renaissance to this beautifully illustrated overview. In his introductory Note to the Reader, Bartlett first explains why he chose Jacob Burckhardt's classic narrative to guide students through the complex history of the Renaissance and then provides his own contemporary interpretation of that narrative. Over seventy color illustrations, genealogies of important Renaissance families, eight maps, a list of popes, a timeline of events, a bibliography, and an index are included.

The Book Trade in the Italian Renaissance

Author : Angela Nuovo
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004208490

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The Book Trade in the Italian Renaissance by Angela Nuovo Pdf

This work offers the first English-language survey of the book industry in Renaissance Italy. Whereas traditional accounts of the book in the Renaissance celebrate authors and literary achievement, this study examines the nuts and bolts of a rapidly expanding trade that built on existing economic practices while developing new mechanisms in response to political and religious realities. Approaching the book trade from the perspective of its publishers and booksellers, this archive-based account ranges across family ambitions and warehouse fires to publishers' petitions and convivial bookshop conversation. In the process it constructs a nuanced picture of trading networks, production, and the distribution and sale of printed books, a profitable but capricious commodity. Originally published in Italian as Il commercio librario nell’Italia del Rinascimento (Milan: Franco Angeli, 1998; second, revised ed., 2003), this present English translation has not only been updated but has also been deeply revised and augmented.

The Painted Page

Author : Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain),Pierpont Morgan Library
Publisher : Prestel Publishing
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Illumination of books and manuscripts, Italian
ISBN : UOM:39015034027865

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The Painted Page by Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain),Pierpont Morgan Library Pdf

Catalogue to accompany an exhibition to be held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 27 October 1994-22 January 1995 and afterwards in New York

Italian Renaissance Art

Author : Stephen J. Campbell,Michael Wayne Cole
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 722 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Art
ISBN : 0500293341

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Italian Renaissance Art by Stephen J. Campbell,Michael Wayne Cole Pdf

A new edition--now in two volumes--of the largest and most comprehensive textbook about Italian Renaissance art. Now in its second edition, Italian Renaissance Art presents an updated and even more accessible history. The book has been split into two volumes: the first, covering the period 1300 to 1510; the second, 1490 to 1600. The volumes retain the same innovative decade-by-decade structure as the first edition, and a number of chapters have been revised by the authors to reflect the latest scholarship. The coverage of the Trecento has been expanded, and a new appendix section explains all the key Renaissance art-making techniques, with illustrations and step-by-steps for such processes as lost-wax casting. This book tells the story of art in the great cities of Rome, Florence, and Venice while profiling a range of other centers throughout Italy--including in this edition art from Naples, Padua, and Palermo.

How to Read Italian Renaissance Painting

Author : Stefano Zuffi
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 0810989409

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How to Read Italian Renaissance Painting by Stefano Zuffi Pdf

Zuffi reveals the world of the Renaissance masters in a new and rich light. Each spread uses an important painting as a way to explain a key concept. Includes brief biographies of the major artists, provided an accessible introduction to the art and culture of the Italian Renaissance.

The Architecture of the Italian Renaissance

Author : Christoph Luitpold Frommel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0500342202

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The Architecture of the Italian Renaissance by Christoph Luitpold Frommel Pdf

Focusing on buildings of the period between 1418 and 1580 and 35 key architects. Examines social context, religious beliefs, political power-structures, technical innovation, aesthetic judgement . Includes over 300 photographs, drawings, plans and reconstructions. Sure to be the recognized textbook for the foreseeable future.

Women in Italian Renaissance Art

Author : Paola Tinagli
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1997-06-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 071904054X

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Women in Italian Renaissance Art by Paola Tinagli Pdf

This is the first book which gives a general overview of women as subject-matter in Italian Renaissance painting. It presents a view of the interaction between artist and patron, and also of the function of these paintings in Italian society of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Using letters, poems, and treatises, it examines through the eyes of the contemporary viewer the way women were represented in paintings.

A Short History of the Italian Renaissance

Author : Virginia Cox
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-08
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780857727756

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A Short History of the Italian Renaissance by Virginia Cox Pdf

The extraordinary creative energy of Renaissance Italy lies at the root of modern Western culture. In her elegant new introduction, Virginia Cox offers a fresh vision of this iconic moment in European cultural history, when - between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries - Italy led the world in painting, building, science and literature. Her book explores key artistic, literary and intellectual developments, but also histories of food and fashion, map-making, exploration and anatomy. Alongside towering figures such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Petrarch, Machiavelli and Isabella d'Este, Cox reveals a cast of lesser-known protagonists including printers, travel writers, actresses, courtesans, explorers, inventors and even celebrity chefs. At the same time, Italy's rich regional diversity is emphasised; in addition to the great artistic capitals of Florence, Rome and Venice, smaller but cutting-edge centres such as Ferrara, Mantua, Bologna, Urbino and Siena are given their due. As the author demonstrates, women played a far more prominent role in this exhilarating resurgence than was recognized until very recently - both as patrons of art and literature and as creative artists themselves. 'Renaissance woman', she boldly argues, is as important a legacy as 'Renaissance man'.

The Universities of the Italian Renaissance

Author : Paul F. Grendler
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2004-09-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 0801880556

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The Universities of the Italian Renaissance by Paul F. Grendler Pdf

Winner of the Howard R. Marraro Prize for Italian History from the American Historical AssociationSelected by Choice Magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2003 Italian Renaissance universities were Europe's intellectual leaders in humanistic studies, law, medicine, philosophy, and science. Employing some of the foremost scholars of the time—including Pietro Pomponazzi, Andreas Vesalius, and Galileo Galilei—the Italian Renaissance university was the prototype of today's research university. This is the first book in any language to offer a comprehensive study of this most influential institution. In this magisterial study, noted scholar Paul F. Grendler offers a detailed and authoritative account of the universities of Renaissance Italy. Beginning with brief narratives of the origins and development of each university, Grendler explores such topics as the number of professors and their distribution by discipline, student enrollment (some estimates are the first attempted), famous faculty members, budget and salaries, and relations with civil authority. He discusses the timetable of lectures, student living, foreign students, the road to the doctorate, and the impact of the Counter Reformation. He shows in detail how humanism changed research and teaching, producing the medical Renaissance of anatomy and medical botany, new approaches to Aristotle, and mathematical innovation. Universities responded by creating new professorships and suppressing older ones. The book concludes with the decline of Italian universities, as internal abuses and external threats—including increased student violence and competition from religious schools—ended Italy's educational leadership in the seventeenth century.

The Intellectual World of the Italian Renaissance

Author : Christopher S. Celenza
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781107003620

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The Intellectual World of the Italian Renaissance by Christopher S. Celenza Pdf

This book offers a new view of Italian Renaissance intellectual life, linking philosophy and literature as expressed in both Latin and Italian.

The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Humanism

Author : Jill Kraye
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1996-02-23
Category : History
ISBN : 0521436249

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The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Humanism by Jill Kraye Pdf

From the fourteenth to the seventeenth century, humanism played a key role in European culture. Beginning as a movement based on the recovery, interpretation and imitation of ancient Greek and Roman texts and the archaeological study of the physical remains of antiquity, humanism turned into a dynamic cultural programme, influencing almost every facet of Renaissance intellectual life. The fourteen essays in this 1996 volume deal with all aspects of the movement, from language learning to the development of science, from the effect of humanism on biblical study to its influence on art, from its Italian origins to its manifestations in the literature of More, Sidney and Shakespeare. A detailed biographical index, and a guide to further reading, are provided. Overall, The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Humanism provides a comprehensive introduction to a major movement in the culture of early modern Europe.

The Italian Renaissance of Machines

Author : Paolo Galluzzi
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674242326

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The Italian Renaissance of Machines by Paolo Galluzzi Pdf

The Renaissance was not just a rebirth of the mind. It was also a new dawn for the machine. When we celebrate the achievements of the Renaissance, we instinctively refer, above all, to its artistic and literary masterpieces. During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, however, the Italian peninsula was the stage of a no-less-impressive revival of technical knowledge and practice. In this rich and lavishly illustrated volume, Paolo Galluzzi guides readers through a singularly inventive period, capturing the fusion of artistry and engineering that spurred some of the Renaissance’s greatest technological breakthroughs. Galluzzi traces the emergence of a new and important historical figure: the artist-engineer. In the medieval world, innovators remained anonymous. By the height of the fifteenth century, artist-engineers like Leonardo da Vinci were sought after by powerful patrons, generously remunerated, and exhibited in royal and noble courts. In an age that witnessed continuous wars, the robust expansion of trade and industry, and intense urbanization, these practitioners—with their multiple skills refined in the laboratory that was the Renaissance workshop—became catalysts for change. Renaissance masters were not only astoundingly creative but also championed a new concept of learning, characterized by observation, technical know-how, growing mathematical competence, and prowess at the draftsman’s table. The Italian Renaissance of Machines enriches our appreciation for Taccola, Giovanni Fontana, and other masters of the quattrocento and reveals how da Vinci’s ambitious achievements paved the way for Galileo’s revolutionary mathematical science of mechanics.

The Traveling Artist in the Italian Renaissance

Author : David Young Kim
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-23
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780300198676

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The Traveling Artist in the Italian Renaissance by David Young Kim Pdf

This important and innovative book examines artists' mobility as a critical aspect of Italian Renaissance art. It is well known that many eminent artists such as Cimabue, Giotto, Donatello, Lotto, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Titian traveled. This book is the first to consider the sixteenth-century literary descriptions of their journeys in relation to the larger Renaissance discourse concerning mobility, geography, the act of creation, and selfhood. David Young Kim carefully explores relevant themes in Giorgio Vasari's monumental Lives of the Artists, in particular how style was understood to register an artist's encounter with place. Through new readings of critical ideas, long-standing regional prejudices, and entire biographies, The Traveling Artist in the Italian Renaissance provides a groundbreaking case for the significance of mobility in the interpretation of art and the wider discipline of art history.

The World of the Italian Renaissance

Author : E R Chamberlin,Taylor & Francis Group
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0367262673

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The World of the Italian Renaissance by E R Chamberlin,Taylor & Francis Group Pdf

Originally published in 1982, this book tackles the underlying problem of what is meant by 'the Renaissance' and outlines those social, economic and topographical factors which triggered it off. It covers a number of subjects, the family, war, trade, religion and art but recognizing that the Renaissance was essentially an urban growth it focusses on 7 great Italian cities: Florence, Rome, Venice, Milan, Urbino, Mantua and Ferrara. It also includes studies of some extraordinary Renaissance individuals: Federigo Montefeltro, Isabella d'Este, Machiavelli, Baldasssare Castiglione, and the Medici clan, among others.