Italian Renaissance Art

by Laurie Schneider Adams

Book Overview

The chronology of the Italian Renaissance, its character, and context have long been a topic of discussion among scholars. Some date its beginnings to the fourteenthcentury
work of Giotto, others to the generation of Masaccio, Brunelleschi, and Donatello that fl ourished from around 1400. The close of the Renaissance has also proved elusive. Mannerism, for example, is variously considered to be an independent (but subsidiary) late aspect of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813349028
• ISBN13: 9780813349022
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 436 Pages
• Weight: 3.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.5" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

good book

nice book, very easy to read and enjoyable. this is a text book for a class of mine and its very interesting.

Great Book!

I had to buy this book for class, and I'm glad I did. Very comprehensive, great illustrations with interesting side notes. Highly recommend.

Excellent Book

I was taking an art class in college titled "A Survey of Allegory of Italian Art" and this book was very helpful to look at the detail in the paintings and to read about the paintings.

well-written

I have read numerous art history books, and most suffer from being dry and too heavy on dates. This book is well-written with a style that flows from topic to topic. All the important information (yes, those dates!) a student will need is here, but the presentation puts it above the rest, making it an enjoyable book to read again and again. What I found especially valuable is how Adams places the works within the political and social environment of the times. Knowing the history adds a lot to art history! She provides sidebars with anecdotes about the artists or significant events in the era that have influenced the work. Stylistic and technical information is also excellent. Photographic quality is superb.

Italian Renaissance Art

Italian Renaisance art by Laurie Schneider Adams is a wonderful introductory text on Renaisance art. It is very clearly written with a helpful glossary for those who are not familiar with art terms. It not only explains both style and iconography of the Renaisance period but gives a great backround of the culture of the period. The illustrations in the text are wonderfuly detailed and most are in color. This is a great text for intro. classes to Ren. art and people who wish to learn on their own.