Art in Renaissance Italy

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Laurence King Publishing, 2005 - Art - 576 pages
'Art in Renaissance Italy' sets the art of that time in its context, exploring why it was created and in particular looking at who commissioned the palaces and cathedrals, the paintings and the sculptures.
 

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Contents

Preface
10
Patronage
16
Materials and Methods
22
Renovations and Restorations
37
Fashioning the Female Artist
43
Francis as Another Christ
50
Artists Popes and Cardinals
56
Narrative Realism
67
Power
309
The Palazzo Foscari
315
The Cappella Nova in the late 1440s
321
Painting
327
Commemorative State Commissions
333
Art and Punishment
339
Sforza Milan
362
III
377

Traditions and Innovations
77
The Cathedral Complex
94
The Cathedral
100
Art for a Royal Kingdom
124
Sancia of Majorca and the Church of Santa Chiara
132
St Marks Basilica
138
The Church of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
145
Morality and Judgment
152
The Bridge of Salvation
163
Visconti Milan and Carrara Padua
174
The Cansignorio della Scala Monument in Verona
182
Giangaleazzo Visconti
189
North Italian Influences in Naples
199
Ghiberti versus Brunelleschi
207
The Foundling Hospital
217
Art and Childbirth
219
The Trinity and SinglePoint Perspective
231
Sculptural Commissions Outside Florence
239
The Gates of Paradise
246
A Job Application
257
Donatello in Padua
264
The Golden Age and Lorenzo the Magnificent
271
Portraiture
278
Art and the Collector
285
Ruins and Dreams
293
Paul II
299
The Renewed Republic
387
Julius II Leo X and Clement VII
397
Michelangelo the Poet
403
Roman Civic Imagery
410
Papal Luxury
416
Raphael and Michelangelo
422
Elegance and Illusionism
429
Mannerism and the Medici
437
Altarpieces
444
Florence under Cosimo I
452
Casting the Perseus
459
Vision and Monumentality
464
Energized Altarpieces
470
Titian in Urbino
477
Colorito versus Disegno
484
Patronage of Commercial and Ecclesiastical
490
The Later Sixteenth Century
499
A Word of Advice
505
The Demands of the Council
513
Women as Patrons
523
Milanese Architecture
529
StillLife Painting
535
Art Pilgrimage
543
List of Popes
553
Literary Credits Picture Credits
566
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John T. Paoletti,Gary M. Radke
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TitleArt in Renaissance Italy
AuthorsJohn T. Paoletti, Gary M. Radke
Editionillustrated
PublisherLaurence King Publishing, 2005
ISBN1856694399, 9781856694391
Length576 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Art / European
Art / History / General
Art / History / Renaissance
History / Europe / Italy
  
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