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Painting and Experience in Fifteenth Century Italy
Michael Baxandall
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Description for Painting and Experience in Fifteenth Century Italy
Paperback. An introduction to 15th century Italian painting and the social history behind it, arguing that the two are interlinked and that the conditions of the time helped fashion distinctive elements in the painter's style. Num Pages: 192 pages, 4 colour plates, numerous black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; ACN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 134 x 10. Weight in Grams: 260.
This book is both an introduction to fifteenth-century Italian painting, and a primer in how to read social history out of the style of pictures. It examines the commercial practice of the early Renaissance picture, trade in contracts, letters, and accounts; and it explains how the visual skills and habits evolved in the daily life of any society enter into its painters' style. Renaissance painting is related for instance to experience of such activities as preaching, dancing, and gauging barrels. This second edition contains an appendix, the original Latin and Italian texts referred to throughout the book, giving ... Read more
This book is both an introduction to fifteenth-century Italian painting, and a primer in how to read social history out of the style of pictures. It examines the commercial practice of the early Renaissance picture, trade in contracts, letters, and accounts; and it explains how the visual skills and habits evolved in the daily life of any society enter into its painters' style. Renaissance painting is related for instance to experience of such activities as preaching, dancing, and gauging barrels. This second edition contains an appendix, the original Latin and Italian texts referred to throughout the book, giving ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Number of pages
191
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780192821447
SKU
V9780192821447
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About Michael Baxandall
Michael Baxandell is Professor of the History of the Classical Tradition, Warburg Institute, University of London.
Reviews for Painting and Experience in Fifteenth Century Italy
Of interest not only to Art Historians, but to anyone concerned with the material culture of the Renaissance.
Dr Jonathan Sawday, University of Southampton
It is now almost 50 years since Painting and Experience was first published, yet it retains its power to reconceptualise the History of Art in ways that both closely define and open up to ... Read more
Dr Jonathan Sawday, University of Southampton
It is now almost 50 years since Painting and Experience was first published, yet it retains its power to reconceptualise the History of Art in ways that both closely define and open up to ... Read more