Behind the Picture Art and Evidence in the Italian Renaissance

British Academy Wolfson Research Professor Department of the History of Art Martin Kemp, Martin Kemp, Emeritus Professor of the History of Art Martin Kemp

ISBN 10: 0300071957 / ISBN 13: 9780300071955

Published by Yale University Press, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Behind the Picture Art and Evidence in the Italian Renaissance
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300071957
• ISBN 13: 9780300071955
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very good

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Synopsis

The Roman author Pliny tells the story--well known in the Renaissance--of famed Grecian painter Apelles hiding behind one of his pictures to overhear comments of viewers. Martin Kemp provides an introductory text on Italian Renaissance art that brings the period alive through a wealth of visual and written evidence and extensive quotations from original sources. 20 color and 100 b&w illustrations .

About the Author

"Spectacular Bodies" is curated by Martin Kemp, Professor of the History of Art at Oxford University, and Marina Wallace, Senior Lecturer, School of Graphic and Industrial Design at Central Saint Martin's College of Art and Design, London.