Renaissance Art Reconsidered
An Anthology of Primary Sources
1. Edition December 2006
472 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Renaissance Art Reconsidered showcases the aesthetic
principles and the workaday practices guiding daily life through
these years of extraordinary human achievement.
* * A major new anthology, bringing to life the places, works,
media, and issues that define Renaissance art
* Ideal for use on Renaissance studies courses and for reference
by students of art history
* Moves beyond the borders of Italy to consider European,
Mediterranean, and post Byzantine art, widening the traditional
focus of Renaissance art
* Includes letters, treatises, contracts, inventories, and other
public documents, many of which are translated into English for the
first time in this volume
* Showcases the aesthetic principles and the workaday practices
guiding daily life through these years of extraordinary human
achievement, providing crucial insight into the art and the context
in which it was produced.
technical or employing excessive terminology.? (Association of
Art Historians2009)
?Renaissance Art Reconsidered is rich in detail and broad
in scope, but its most important accomplishment is its conveyance
of individual attitudes on the great value placed on all forms of
art. It provides a view of what was expected both throughout the
creative process and in the end result. This anthology gives us
insight into the needs and problems of the creative process of the
artists, patrons, and viewers of the Renaissance.? (Sixteenth
Century Journal, Winter 2008)
Department at The Open University. She is the author of
Reclaiming Rome: Cardinals in the Early Renaissance
(1400-1480) (2007).
Kim W. Woods is Lecturer in the History of Art Department
at The Open University. She is the author of Imported Images
(2007).
Michael W. Franklin is Course Administrator at The Open
University.
