Rethinking the High Renaissance: The Culture of the Visual Arts in Early Sixteenth-Century Rome (Visual Culture in Early Modernity) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138272663 ISBN 13: 9781138272668

Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

The perception that the early sixteenth century saw a culmination of the Renaissance classical revival - only to degrade into mannerism shortly after Raphael's death in 1520 - has been extremely tenacious; but many scholars agree that this tidy narrative is deeply problematic. Exploring how we can reconceptualize the High Renaissance in a way that reflects how we research and teach today, this volume complicates and deepens our understanding of artistic change. Focusing on Rome, the paradigmatic centre of the High Renaissance narrative, each essay presents a case study of a particular aspect of the culture of the city in the early sixteenth century, including new analyses of Raphael's stanze, Michelangelo's Sistine Ceiling and the architectural designs of Bramante. The contributors question notions of periodization, reconsider the Renaissance relationship with classical antiquity, and ultimately reconfigure our understanding of 'high Renaissance style'.

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About the Author

Jill Burke is Senior Lecturer in the History of Art at the University of Edinburgh, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138272663
• ISBN 13: 9781138272668
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 408
• Editor: Burke Jill