Italian Renaissance Art
Understanding its Meaning
1. Auflage Februar 2013
288 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Kurzbeschreibung
A smart, elegant, and jargon-free analysis of the Italian Renaissance - what it was, what it means, and why we should study it. Richly illustrated, and featuring detailed descriptions of works by pivotal figures in the Italian Renaissance, this enlightening volume traces the development of art and architecture throughout the Italian peninsula in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and situates the Italian Renaissance in the wider context of the history of art.
Richly illustrated, and featuring detailed descriptions of works by pivotal figures in the Italian Renaissance, this enlightening volume traces the development of art and architecture throughout the Italian peninsula in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
* A smart, elegant, and jargon-free analysis of the Italian Renaissance - what it was, what it means, and why we should study it
* Provides a sustained discussion of many great works of Renaissance art that will significantly enhance readers' understanding of the period
* Focuses on Renaissance art and architecture as it developed throughout the Italian peninsula, from Venice to Sicily
* Situates the Italian Renaissance in the wider context of the history of art
* Includes detailed interpretation of works by a host of pivotal Renaissance artists, both well and lesser known
Preface xi
Frontispiece: Map of places mentioned xiii
Introduction: The Italian Renaissance as an Idea Rather Than a Period 1
1 What a Difference a Hundred Years Makes 8
2 How It All Started: Florence and Umbria 31
3 What Happened Next in Florence 68
4 Searching for the Renaissance (1): Siena and Southward to Sicily 92
5 Searching for the Renaissance (2): From Northern Italy Back to Umbria 118
6 The Triumph of the Intellectual Avant-Garde: The High Renaissance 152
7 Some Other Artists of the High Renaissance 184
8 The Swan Song of Renaissance Art 200
9 The Break and the New Avant-Garde: Early Mannerism 209
10 What Was the Italian Renaissance? Conclusions in the Bigger Picture 246
Appendix A: Artists Mentioned 258
Appendix B: Some Suggested Readings 262
Index 267
"I highly recommend the very important and fascinating book Italian Renaissance Art: Understanding its Meaning by Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier, to any historians, art critics, art history and Renaissance history students and academics, and to anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the real meaning and currents that were present in Renaissance Italy. This book will transform how you view the art and the artists of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in Italy, and guide you toward thinking of the Renaissance as an important idea and not as a time period." (Money Talks, 13 April 2013)
