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The Controversy of Renaissance Art
Alexander Nagel
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Description for The Controversy of Renaissance Art
Hardcover. A study of the controversies over religious images that pervaded Italian life both before and parallel to the Reformation north of the Alps. Num Pages: 448 pages, 60 colour plates, 100 halftones. BIC Classification: ACND; AGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 224 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1592.
Many studies have shown that images - their presence in the daily lives of the faithful, the means used to control them, and their adaptation to secular uses - were at the heart of the Reformation crisis in northern Europe. But the question as it affects the art of Italy has been raised only in highly specialized studies. In this book, Alexander Nagel provides the first truly synthetic study of the controversies over religious images that pervaded Italian life both before and parallel to the Reformation north of the Alps. Tracing the intertwined relationship of artistic innovation and archaism, as ... Read more
Many studies have shown that images - their presence in the daily lives of the faithful, the means used to control them, and their adaptation to secular uses - were at the heart of the Reformation crisis in northern Europe. But the question as it affects the art of Italy has been raised only in highly specialized studies. In this book, Alexander Nagel provides the first truly synthetic study of the controversies over religious images that pervaded Italian life both before and parallel to the Reformation north of the Alps. Tracing the intertwined relationship of artistic innovation and archaism, as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226567723
SKU
V9780226567723
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99-1
About Alexander Nagel
Alexander Nagel is professor of Renaissance art history at the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University. He is the author of Michelangelo and the Reform of Art and coauthor, with Christopher Wood, of Anachronic Renaissance.
Reviews for The Controversy of Renaissance Art
"Alexander Nagel's account of the underappreciated radicality of Renaissance aesthetic experiments is packed with solid research, original interpretive insights, and flashes of poetry. This is a substantial, well-written, and much-needed book that will make a major impact on the field." - Rebecca Zorach, University of Chicago"