Renaissance Art
Botticelli, Holbein, da Vinci, Dürer, Michelangelo: these Renaissance masters are still revered today. But who were these artists, why did they produce such memorable works, and how were they viewed in their own time? Using vivid and engaging examples, Geraldine A. Johnson focuses on both...
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Botticelli, Holbein, da Vinci, Dürer, Michelangelo: these Renaissance masters are still revered today. But who were these artists, why did they produce such memorable works, and how were they viewed in their own time? Using vivid and engaging examples, Geraldine A. Johnson focuses on both canonical and lesser-known artists from the Northern and Southern Renaissance. Additionally, she provides a fascinating overview of the period and its culture, while highlighting the variety of approaches that can help us understand these magnificent artistic creations.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780191516719 (0191516716)
Publish date: April 28th 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Pages no: 176
Edition language: English
Series: Very Short Introductions
This series which can be dubbed "X for Dummies with Short Attention Spans" -- and which therefore suits me to a 'T' -- is, like Oxbridge scholarship generally nowadays -- uneven. This seems to be one of the better volumes -- a brief and sober, jargon-free (and free of obvious eccentricities) treatm...
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