Albion's Classicism: The Visual Arts in Britain, 1550-1660 Volume 2

Visual arts in Britain between 1550 and 1650 have long been considered part of the classical Italian Renaissance canon. Now a distinguished group of scholars demonstrates that attitudes to classical art were in fact somewhat ambivalent during this period in Britain (or, as it is called poetically, Albion). For town halls and funeral monuments, for paintings and theatrical works, British artists, patrons, and builders made informed choices from the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300063814
• ISBN13: 9780300063813
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Paul Mellon Centre
• Length: 478 Pages
• Weight: 3.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 7.3" x 10.3"