Master drawings of the Italian Renaissance / Claire Van Cleave

Van Cleave, Claire

ISBN 10: 0674026772 / ISBN 13: 9780674026773

Published by Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007

About this Item

An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. Physical description; 192 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 28 cm. Notes; Originally published: [London] : British Museum Press, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-189) and index.Contents; Drawing in Renaissance Italy -- Materials and techniques -- Supports -- Tools and drawing media -- Drawings as learning exercises -- Drawings for designing paintings -- Drawings as completed works of art -- Master drawings of the Italian Renaissance. Subjects; 1400-1599Drawing, Italian 15th century. Drawing, Italian 16th century. Drawing, Renaissance Italy. Dessin italien 15e siècle. Dessin italien 16e siècle. Dessin de la Renaissance Italie. Drawing, Italian. 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Master drawings of the Italian Renaissance / Claire Van Cleave
• Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674026772
• ISBN 13: 9780674026773
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Weight: 1 kilogram

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.