Behind the Picture: Art and Evidence in the Italian Renaissance

Martin Kemp

ISBN 10: 0300071957 / ISBN 13: 9780300071955

Published by Yale University Press, New Haven, 1997

About this Item

cloth, hard cover in dust jacket., only the slightest signs of handling. no flaws or markings, no tears, bumps or writing. strong binding, clean copy.; x-314pp., 121 illustrations in color, b/w. detailed re-evaluation of sources and the evolution of the currently accepted theories. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Seller Inventory # 15752

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Behind the Picture: Art and Evidence in the Italian Renaissance
• Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300071957
• ISBN 13: 9780300071955
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine Plus
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine Plus
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art History, Italy

About this title

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.