The Portrait in the Renaissance

by John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy

Book Overview

A major account of Renaissance portraiture by one of the twentieth century's most eminent art historians The Portrait in the Renaissance provides an unprecedented look at two centuries of experiment in portraiture during the Renaissance. In this compelling book, John Pope-Hennessy shows how the Renaissance cult of individuality brought with it a demand that the features of the individual be perpetuated. This concept was first manifested in the portraits...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691018251
• ISBN13: 9780691018256
• Release Date: September 1979
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"