The Art of the Renaissance

286 pages, illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour); 22 cm. First published, 1963. Tight, clean copy. One leaf dogeared. *** "The Renaissance began in Italy, but it grew out of European civilization, with roots in Antiquity, in Christian dogma, and in Byzantium. The artistic ferment which had taken hold of Florence by 1420 was also reflected in the regional schools of Siena, Umbria, Mantua and Rome; and the new ideas spread from Italy through France, the Netherlands, Austria, Spain and Portugal. The book includes artists as diverse as Piero della Francesca, Van Eyck, Durer, Mantegna and Bellini, as well as the High Renaissance masters Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael. With superb illustrations of the artists' work and crucial historical information about the 'rebirth' of arts and letters, the authors illuminate one of the most important periods of art history." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: The Renaissance; Humanism; Classical antiquity; Changing conceptions of renaissance; Historical background; The arts of Florence 1400-1450; The international gothic style; The heroic style of Masaccio; Donatello, Ghiberti, Brunelleschi, Alberti; The Netherlands and Bohemia; The soft style; The Eyckian revolution, Campin; The mid-century in Italy: Florence; Mantegna; Piero fella Francesca; Siena; The mid-century in the Netherlands: Rogier van der Weyden; Bouts and Memling; France, Germany (Cologne), Spain and Portugal, Austria; Printing and early illustrated books; Engraving; Durer; Late gothic; Hugo van der Goes; Bosch; Grunewald; Botticelli; Filippino; Piero di Cosimo; Leonardo da Vinci and the Milanese renaissance; Perugino and early classicism; Ghirlandaio; Antonello da Messina; Venice; Bellini; The beginnings of the high renaissance. Size: 8vo.…