Master Drawings of the Italian Renaissance

Van Cleave, Claire

ISBN 10: 0674026772 / ISBN 13: 9780674026773

Published by Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2007

About this Item

Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket - DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy in 'as new' condition. Illustrated with colour and black & white reproductions. 192 pages. First section is an Introduction to Drawing in Renaissance Italy. It explains the materials and techniques used in Renaissance drawings. It also considers how drawings were used, how they changed stylistically through the period and how they varied in different regions of Italy. This is followed by examination of the works of 40 individual artists. Includes Index. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Master Drawings of the Italian Renaissance
• Publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674026772
• ISBN 13: 9780674026773
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art-Reference

About this title

Synopsis

A beautifully designed selection of the finest Italian Renaissance drawings from the British Museum, the Louvre and other French public collections, giving remarkable insight into the creative processes of some of the greatest artists in history.

This book features masterpieces of Italian Renaissance drawings from the British Museum, the Louvre and other French public collections in Lille, Rennes and Chantilly.

Beginning with an examination of drawing as part of the creative process, and showing how it reveals the artist's mind at work, the author explains in detail the materials and techniques used in Renaissance drawings. It also considers how drawings were used, how they changed stylistically through the period and how they varied in different regions of Italy. It concludes with a brief look at connoisseurship and collecting.

The main body of the book showcases 112 of the finest drawings by more than 40 Italian Renaissance masters, including Michelangelo, Leonardo, Botticelli, Raphael and Andrea del Sarto, accompanied by a concise sketch of the life and work of each artist. Arranged chronologically, they reveal stylistic and geographical trends as well as personal interactions between the artists themselves, and provide an extraordinary insight in to the artistic world of Renaissance Italy.

About the Author

Claire Van Cleave is writer and lecturer on Renaissance art and a specialist on the drawings of Luca Signorelli.