Italian Renaissance Art

Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier is a three-time graduate of Harvard University (AB, AM, PhD) and an internationally known art historian.  She has taught and lectured in numerous universities internationally and has chaired departments at several American universities.  Professor Joost-Gaugier has written extensively on Italian art and architecture and has authored more than 200 publications, including six books.  Her work has been supported by numerous research grants and published in international journals, exhibition catalogues, and conference proceedings.  In 2005 she was awarded an honorary Phi Beta Kappa by Harvard University for Lifetime Achievement.

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• List of Illustrations viPreface xiFrontispiece: Map of places mentioned xiiiIntroduction: The Italian Renaissance as an Idea Rather Than a Period 11 What a Difference a Hundred Years Makes 82 How It All Started: Florence and Umbria 313 What Happened Next in Florence 684 Searching for the Renaissance (1): Siena and Southward to Sicily 925 Searching for the Renaissance (2): From Northern Italy Back to Umbria 1186 The Triumph of the Intellectual Avant-Garde: The High Renaissance 1527 Some Other Artists of the High Renaissance 1848 The Swan Song of Renaissance Art 2009 The Break and the New Avant-Garde: Early Mannerism 20910 What Was the Italian Renaissance? Conclusions in the Bigger Picture 246Appendix A: Artists Mentioned 258Appendix B: Some Suggested Readings 262Index 267