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Eyewitness Art: 11 Renaissance Alison Cole

Eyewitness Art:  11 Renaissance By Alison Cole

Eyewitness Art: 11 Renaissance by Alison Cole


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Summary

This introduction to the world of art invites readers of all ages to experience the thrill of seeing art in the making. The book interweaves biography and social history to provide a complete understanding of the historical setting in which the great Renaissance artists worked.

Eyewitness Art: 11 Renaissance Summary

Eyewitness Art: 11 Renaissance by Alison Cole

This introduction to the world of art invites readers of all ages to experience the thrill of seeing art in the making. Renaissance interweaves biography and social history to provide a complete understanding of the historical setting in which the great Renaissance artists worked. Looking at paintings, studies and through the eyes of the painters - what they meant us to see - and explains the hidden meanings and allegories.

Table of Contents

What is the Renaissance?; the impact of Giotto; painting in Siena; Renaissance Florence; early Renaissnace sculpture; the courtly style; Masaccio; Flemish naturalism; objects of devotion; perspective; harmony and proportion; mythology and meaning; the rise of landscape; Leonardo da Vinci; the Reformation; the Venetian state; Titian the High Renaissance; Rome's artistic renewal; Raphael; Michelangelo's divine power; the Sistine ceiling.

Additional information

GOR002086751
9780751310474
0751310476
Eyewitness Art: 11 Renaissance by Alison Cole
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Dorling Kindersley Ltd
19940428
64
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