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The Sensory World of Italian Renaissance Art
Francois Quiviger
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Description for The Sensory World of Italian Renaissance Art
Hardcover. In The Sensory World of Italian Renaissance Art, Francois Quiviger shows how Renaissance artists made touch, sound and scent palpable to the minds of their audience. Num Pages: 224 pages, 40 black & white illustrations, 60 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 532.
The Renaissance refers to an era when art, culture and philosophy underwent a revolutionary rebirth. New ideas progressed alongside new ways of communicating them, and nowhere is this more visible than in the world of Renaissance art. In "The Sensory World of Italian Renaissance Art", Francois Quiviger explores the ways in which sensation began to take on a new significance in the art of the sixteenth century. The book discusses the presence and function of sensation in Renaissance ideas and practices, investigating their link to mental imagery and shows how Renaissance artists made touch, sound and scent palpable to the ... Read more
The Renaissance refers to an era when art, culture and philosophy underwent a revolutionary rebirth. New ideas progressed alongside new ways of communicating them, and nowhere is this more visible than in the world of Renaissance art. In "The Sensory World of Italian Renaissance Art", Francois Quiviger explores the ways in which sensation began to take on a new significance in the art of the sixteenth century. The book discusses the presence and function of sensation in Renaissance ideas and practices, investigating their link to mental imagery and shows how Renaissance artists made touch, sound and scent palpable to the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861896575
SKU
V9781861896575
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Ref
99-15
About Francois Quiviger
Francois Quiviger is a librarian at the Warburg Institute. He is the author of several books including Imagining and Composing Stories in the Renaissance and Seeing and Looking in the Renaissance.
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