| Description |
1 online resource (157 pages) : illustrations, portraits. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Very short introductions
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Very short introductions.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
This book provides a broad cultural-historical context for some of the Renaissance's most famous artists and works of art. It considers both famous and lesser-known artists, patrons and works of art from the period. |
| Contents |
Contents; Acknowledgements; List of illustrations; 1 Introduction: whose Renaissance? whose art?; 2 The art of the altarpiece; 3 Story-telling in Renaissance art; 4 The challenge of nature and the antique; 5 Portraiture and the rise of 'Renaissance man'; 6 Did women have a Renaissance?; 7 Objects and images for the domestic sphere; 8 The story of a square: art and urbanism in Florence; 9 Michelangelo: the birth of the artist and of art history; References; Further reading; Glossary; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Art, Renaissance.
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Art, Renaissance. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Johnson, Geraldine A. Renaissance art. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005 0192803549 9780192803542 (OCoLC)57749970 |
| ISBN |
9780191516719 (electronic book) |
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0191516716 (electronic book) |
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1280752629 |
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9781280752629 |
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0192803549 (Paper) |
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9780192803542 |
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