The Working Life - A Renaissance Painter's Studio - Hardcover

Stuart Kallen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1590181786 ISBN 13: 9781590181782

Publisher: Lucent Books, 2002

Synopsis

Most visitors converge on Florence for the single-minded purpose of experiencing and enjoying the world's most revered collection of Renaissance paintings produced by the hands of revered virtuosos such as Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Boticelli, and Raphael. The Renaissance Painter's Studio, however, has as its focus, insightful glimpses into the working lives of master painters to reveal how they painted their masterpieces, who paid for them, what life was like working inside their studios, how they made their paints and brushes, their personal lives, and a myriad of other insights into their everyday lives.

About this title

Review:

"The Series reflects a variety of occupations, time periods, and global perspectives. The table of contents and index make it easy to locate what you want. There is enough detail for a student to compare workers of today with those in history. Recommended."
--Library Media Connection, October 2005 (Library Media Connection 20051001)

"Each book combines authoritative, easy-to-understand text, average-quality black-and-white photographs, and primary-source quotations to tell what life was like for a painter or factory worker during his respective era...Frequent boxed excerpts from newspaper articles and quotes add authenticity. Students will find plenty of research material in these titles."
-- School Library Journal (May 2003) (School Library Journal 20030501)

About this edition

• Publisher: Lucent Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1590181786
• ISBN 13: 9781590181782
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 112