Art and Society in Italy 1350-1500

Name: Art and Society in Italy 1350-1500
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ISBN: 9780192842039

ISBN-10: 019284203X

ISBN-13: 9780192842039

Edition: 1997

Authors: Evelyn Welch

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The Italian Renaissance was a pivotal period in the history of Western culture during which artists such as Masaccio, Donatello, Fra Angelico, and Leonardo created some of the world's most influential and exciting works in a variety of artistic fields. Here, Evelyn Welch presents a fresh picture of the Italian Renaissance by challenging traditional scholarship and placing emphasis on recreating the experience of contemporary Italians: the patrons who commissioned the works, the members of the public who viewed them, and the artists who produced them. Art and Society in Italy 1350-1500 dramatically revises the traditional story of the Renaissance and takes into account new issues that have…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/8/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.63" wide x 9.38" long x 0.77" tall
Weight: 1.826
Language: English

Michelle O'Malley is Director of Research in the School of Humanities at the University of SussexEvelyn Welch is Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary, University of London



Introduction


Artistic Enterprises


Materials and Methods


The Organization of Art


Defining Relationships: Artists and Patrons


Audiences for Art


The Sacred Setting


Sites of Devotion


The Art of Government


Creating Authority


Rome and the Republics


Art and the Household


The Domestic Setting


Notes


List of Illustrations


Bibliographic Essay


Timeline


Index