Classical Myths in Italian Renaissance Painting

by Luba Freedman

Book Overview

This book retraces the development of classical imagery in the visual arts of the Italian Renaissance. Luba Freedman examines poems, letters and treatises on art, which testify to the contemporary desire to depict classical myths in the style and spirit of Ovid's Metamorphoses, and to re-create the artistic patronage of the ancient Romans. This new development in art was driven by collaboration between humanists, artists, and their patrons. The extant...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107512956
• ISBN13: 9781107512955
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 9.9"