Moral Essays on the High Renaissance: Art in Italy in the Age of Michelangelo

by Joseph Manca

Book Overview

Moral Essays on the High Renaissance consist of critical essays on the art and thought of major figures of sixteenth-century Italian Renaissance art. Looking at these artists from an ethical point of view, these provocative essays set out to discover and describe the moral basis of High Renaissance art. Important areas of focus include the paintings and sculpture of Michelangelo, the artistic style and sense of the life of Raphael, and the ethical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761820574
• ISBN13: 9780761820574
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 256 Pages