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Art of Renaissance Florence, 1400 1600
Loren Partridge
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Description for Art of Renaissance Florence, 1400 1600
Paperback. Deals with the Renaissance Florence and sheds light on its celebrated art and culture by examining the city's architectural and artistic achievements in their political, intellectual, and religious contexts. This title incorporates insights from the scholarship, including gender studies, and focuses on the artists' social status, and innovations. Num Pages: 256 pages, 178 color illustrations, 7 black-and-white photographs, and 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; ACND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 202 x 16. Weight in Grams: 814.
In this absorbing illustrated history, Loren Partridge takes the reader on an insightful tour of Renaissance Florence and sheds new light on its celebrated art and culture by examining the city's great architectural and artistic achievements in their political, intellectual, and religious contexts. This essential and accessible text, the only up-to-date volume on Renaissance Florence currently available, incorporates insights from recent scholarship, including gender studies, while emphasizing the artists' social status, rivalries, and innovations. The result is a multilevel exploration of how the celebrated Florentine culture formally registers in specific works of art or architecture and how these works interactively ... Read more
In this absorbing illustrated history, Loren Partridge takes the reader on an insightful tour of Renaissance Florence and sheds new light on its celebrated art and culture by examining the city's great architectural and artistic achievements in their political, intellectual, and religious contexts. This essential and accessible text, the only up-to-date volume on Renaissance Florence currently available, incorporates insights from recent scholarship, including gender studies, while emphasizing the artists' social status, rivalries, and innovations. The result is a multilevel exploration of how the celebrated Florentine culture formally registers in specific works of art or architecture and how these works interactively ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
834g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520257740
SKU
V9780520257740
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About Loren Partridge
Loren Partridge is Professor of the Art of the Italian Renaissance at the University of California, Berkeley. His many books include Michelangelo, Last Judgment: A Glorious Restoration, The Art of Renaissance Rome, 1400-1600, and Michelangelo: The Sistine Chapel Ceiling. He has been honored by Fulbright, Kress, Guggenheim, and Getty fellowships; grants from the American Academy in Rome and the Institute ... Read more
Reviews for Art of Renaissance Florence, 1400 1600
Partridge's detailed observations make his text exciting. Foreword An excellent introduction to the art of Renaissance Florence... Highly recommended. Choice A compact nicely illustrated introduction to the art of Florence with much to offer for those who teach or study the Italian Renaissance.
Felicia M. Else Sixteenth Century Journal
Felicia M. Else Sixteenth Century Journal