Description
| Product ID: | 9780198810506 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Artistic Theory in Italy 1450-1600 |
| Authors: | Author: Anthony Blunt |
| Page Count: | 208 |
| Subjects: | History of art, Renaissance art, Paintings and painting, Painting & paintings, Italy, c 1500 to c 1600 |
| Description: | This work seeks to broaden the comprehension of the student of Italian Renaissance painting by concentrating not on the works of art themselves, but on the various artistic theories which influenced them or were expressed by them. The text includes the writings of Michelangelo and Vasari. This book seeks to broaden the comprehension of the student of Italian Renaissance painting by concentrating not on the works of art themselves, but on the various artistic theories which influenced them or were expressed by them. Taking Alberti''s treatises as his starting-point, Anthony Blunt traces the development of artistic theory from Humanism to Mannerism. He discusses the writings of Leonardo, Savonarola, Michelangelo, and Vasari, examines the effect of the Council of Trent on religious art, and chronicles the successful struggle of the painters and sculptors themselves to elevate their status from craftsmen to creative artists. |
| Imprint Name: | Oxford University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Oxford University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 1963-03-26 |
