The World of the Florentine Renaissance Artist

Alison Luchs Martin Wackernagel

ISBN 10: 1442611847 / ISBN 13: 9781442611849

Published by Guidance Centre, University of Toronto, Faculty of Education, 2011

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pp. 488 Index.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The World of the Florentine Renaissance Artist
• Publisher: Guidance Centre, University of Toronto, Faculty of Education
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1442611847
• ISBN 13: 9781442611849
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

First published in German in 1938 and later translated into English, this classic of Italian Renaissance historiography centres on the relationship between Florentine art and the conditions under which it was created. In rich detail, Martin Wackernagel explores the impact of patronage and function, widespread demand for art, workshop techniques, and businesses practices on artists' lives and the results they achieved

Wackernagel stresses the changing roles of commissions and patrons in the late fourteenth to the early fifteenth centuries, from small-scale enterprise under Lorenzo de Medici to the large-scale development of major Florentine monuments. Through this, he highlights the development of major civic and religious artistic complexes such as the Palazzo Vecchio, the Cathedral and Baptistery, and the convent of Santa Maria Novella. This volume also features a biography of the author and an essay on important later publications related to Wackernagel's themes and arguments.

About the Author

Martin Wackernagel was professor emeritus of Art History at Münster University (Westfalen).
Alison Luchs is curator of early European sculpture at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.