Art History Books: Oxford History of Art - Art in Renaissance Italy 1350-1500 (9780192842794) By Evelyn Welch

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Art in Renaissance Italy: 1350-1500
  • Title: Art in Renaissance Italy: 1350-1500
  • Author: By Evelyn Welch
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Published Date: March 2001
  • ISBN: 9780192842794
  • Pages: 354
  • Format: Paperback
  • Price:   United Kingdom   USA
 Description
  • Presents a fresh picture of the Italian Renaissance by challenging traditional scholarship
  • Emphasis on recreating the experience of contemporary Italians: patrons, the members of the public and the artists
  • Expands the original coverage by embracing new developments in archaeology and art historical research
  • Contemporary art historian Michael Archer has greatly expanded the authors’ discussion of the art world over the past two decades
  • Providing a new perspective on the latest developments shaping cultural history
  • Dramatically revises the traditional story of the Renaissance
  • Takes into account new issues that have greatly enriched our understanding of the period
  • Paintings and coins to sculptures and tapestries, the book examines the issues of materials, workshop practices, and artist-patron relationships
  • Explores the ways in which visual imagery related to contemporary social and political behavior
The Author

Evelyn Welch - Lecturer at the Warburg Institute, University of Sussex. Publications include Art and Authority in Renaissance Milan.
Inside the Book
  • Preface
  • Introduction

    • Artistic Enterprises

  • Materials and methods
  • The organization of art
  • Defining relationships: Artists and Patrons

    • Audiences for Art

  • The sacred setting
  • Sites of devotion

    • The Art of Government

  • Creating authority
  • Rome and the republics

    • Art of the Household

  • The domestic setting

  • Notes
  • List of Illustrations
  • Bibliographic Essay
  • Timeline
  • Index

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