Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier

Italian Renaissance Art P

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A smart, elegant, and jargon-free analysis of the Italian Renaissance - what it was, what it means, and why we should study it. Richly illustrated, and featuring detailed descriptions of works by pivotal figures in the Italian Renaissance, this enlightening volume traces the development of art and architecture throughout the Italian peninsula in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and situates the Italian Renaissance in the wider context of the history of art.

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Richly illustrated, and featuring detailed descriptions of works by pivotal figures in the Italian Renaissance, this enlightening volume traces the development of art and architecture throughout the Italian peninsula in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

A smart, elegant, and jargon-free analysis of the Italian Renaissance - what it was, what it means, and why we should study it
Provides a sustained discussion of many great works of Renaissance art that will significantly enhance readers' understanding of the period
Focuses on Renaissance art and architecture as it developed throughout the Italian peninsula, from Venice to Sicily
Situates the Italian Renaissance in the wider context of the history of art
Includes detailed interpretation of works by a host of pivotal Renaissance artists, both well and lesser known

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 418g
• ISBN-13: 9781118306116
• ISBN-10: 1118306112
• Artikelnr.: 36396170

Autorenporträt

Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier is a three-time graduate of Harvard University (AB, AM, PhD) and an internationally known art historian. She has taught and lectured in numerous American universities and chaired departments at the University of New Mexico and Wayne State University. Professor Joost-Gaugier has written extensively on Italian art and architecture and has authored more than 200 publications, including six books. Her work has been supported by numerous research grants and published in international journals, exhibition catalogues, and conference proceedings. In 2005 she was awarded an honorary Phi Beta Kappa for Lifetime Achievement by Harvard University.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations vi Preface xi Frontispiece: Map of places mentioned
xiii Introduction: The Italian Renaissance as an Idea Rather Than a Period
1 1 What a Difference a Hundred Years Makes 8 2 How It All Started:
Florence and Umbria 31 3 What Happened Next in Florence 68 4 Searching for
the Renaissance (1): Siena and Southward to Sicily 92 5 Searching for the
Renaissance (2): From Northern Italy Back to Umbria 118 6 The Triumph of
the Intellectual Avant-Garde: The High Renaissance 152 7 Some Other Artists
of the High Renaissance 184 8 The Swan Song of Renaissance Art 200 9 The
Break and the New Avant-Garde: Early Mannerism 209 10 What Was the Italian
Renaissance? Conclusions in the Bigger Picture 246 Appendix A: Artists
Mentioned 258 Appendix B: Some Suggested Readings 262 Index 267

Rezensionen

"Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers/faculty." (Choice, 1 November 2013)

"I highly recommend the very important and fascinating book Italian Renaissance Art: Understanding its Meaning by Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier, to any historians, art critics, art history and Renaissance history students and academics, and to anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the real meaning and currents that were present in Renaissance Italy. This book will transform how you view the art and the artists of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in Italy, and guide you toward thinking of the Renaissance as an important idea and not as a time period." (Money Talks, 13 April 2013)