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Renaissance / Christopher Masters.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Merrell, 2008Description: 287 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 30 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1858944481
  • 9781858944487
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 709.024 22
LOC classification:
  • N6370 .M38 2008
Contents:
The Ancient World -- Sacred Themes -- Love -- War -- Home -- The City -- Princes and Courtiers -- The Lure of the East -- Landscape -- Birds and Beasts -- Man, the Measure of All Things -- Postscript. Nineteenth-Century Perspectives.
Review: "The Renaissance throughout Europe produced some of the West's most spectacular art, yet this most celebrated of periods is also one of the least understood, often regarded simply as a 'rebirth' of ancient Roman culture. While the art of the Renaissance frequently deals with Classical and Christian themes, it does not concern itself solely with tales of the gods or biblical stories. This new study of the Renaissance explores how fifteenth- and sixteenth-century paintings and sculptures absorbed influences from a wide range of cultures - not only Classical and medieval Europe, but also Byzantium and the Islamic world. With beautiful images by the great masters of the age, and a gazetteer section detailing important public art collections worldwide, Renaissance will appeal to the armchair reader, museum visitor, student of art and anyone interested in one of the greatest contributions to world culture."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-280) and index.

The Ancient World -- Sacred Themes -- Love -- War -- Home -- The City -- Princes and Courtiers -- The Lure of the East -- Landscape -- Birds and Beasts -- Man, the Measure of All Things -- Postscript. Nineteenth-Century Perspectives.

"The Renaissance throughout Europe produced some of the West's most spectacular art, yet this most celebrated of periods is also one of the least understood, often regarded simply as a 'rebirth' of ancient Roman culture. While the art of the Renaissance frequently deals with Classical and Christian themes, it does not concern itself solely with tales of the gods or biblical stories. This new study of the Renaissance explores how fifteenth- and sixteenth-century paintings and sculptures absorbed influences from a wide range of cultures - not only Classical and medieval Europe, but also Byzantium and the Islamic world. With beautiful images by the great masters of the age, and a gazetteer section detailing important public art collections worldwide, Renaissance will appeal to the armchair reader, museum visitor, student of art and anyone interested in one of the greatest contributions to world culture."--BOOK JACKET.

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