Making Renaissance Art: Renaissance Art Reconsidered: 1 (Renaissance Art Reconsidered Open University)
Language: English
Published by Yale University Press, United States, 2006
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This book explores key themes in the making of Renaissance painting, sculpture, architecture, and prints: the use of specific techniques and materials, theory and practice, change and continuity in artistic procedures, conventions and values. It also reconsiders the importance of mathematical perspective, the assimilation of the antique revival, and the illusion of life.Embracing the full significance of Renaissance art requires understanding how it was made. As manifestations of technical expertise and tradition as much as innovation, artworks of this period reveal highly complex creative processesallowing us an inside view on the vexed issue of the notion of a renaissance. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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- Title
- Making Renaissance Art: Renaissance Art Reconsidered: 1 (Renaissance Art Reconsidered Open University)
- Author
- Kim W. Woods
- Publisher
- Yale University Press, United States
- Publication year
- 2006
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 030012189X
- ISBN 13
- 9780300121896
- Item weight
- 1,211 grams
- Dimensions
- 216.0 x 286.0
This book explores key themes in the making of Renaissance painting, sculpture, architecture, and prints: the use of specific techniques and materials, theory and practice, change and continuity in artistic procedures, conventions and values. It also reconsiders the importance of mathematical perspective, the assimilation of the antique revival, and the illusion of life.
Embracing the full significance of Renaissance art requires understanding how it was made. As manifestations of technical expertise and tradition as much as innovation, artworks of this period reveal highly complex creative processes―allowing us an inside view on the vexed issue of the notion of a renaissance.
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About the Author
Kim W. Woods is lecturer, Art History Department, The Open University.
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