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Italian Renaissance Art

Understanding its Meaning

Av Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier

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Richly illustrated, and featuring detailed descriptions of works by pivotal figures in the Italian Renaissance, this enlightening volume traces the development of art and architecture throughout the Italian peninsula in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. A smart, elegant, and jargon-free analysis of the Italian Renaissance – what it was, what it means, and why we should study itProvides a sustained discussion of many great works of Renaissance art that will significantly enhance readers’ understanding of the periodFocuses on Renaissance art and architecture as it developed throughout the Italian peninsula, from Venice to Sicily  Situates the Italian Renaissance in the wider context of the history of artIncludes detailed interpretation of works by a host of pivotal Renaissance artists, both well and lesser known
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2013-02-22
  • Mått: 160 x 236 x 17 mm
  • Vikt: 558 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 288
  • Förlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
  • ISBN: 9781118306079
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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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“Summing Up: Recommended.  Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers/faculty.”  (Choice, 1 November 2013)“I highly recommend the very important and fascinating book http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118306112.html"Italian Renaissance Art: Understanding its Meaning by Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier, to any historians, art critics, art history and Renaissance history students and academics, and to anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the real meaning and currents that were present in Renaissance Italy. This book will transform how you view the art and the artists of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in Italy, and guide you toward thinking of the Renaissance as an important idea and not as a time period.”  (Blog Business World, 13 April 2013)“I highly recommend the very important and fascinating book http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118306112.html"Italian Renaissance Art: Understanding its Meaning by Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier, to any historians, art critics, art history and Renaissance history students and academics, and to anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the real meaning and currents that were present in Renaissance Italy. This book will transform how you view the art and the artists of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in Italy, and guide you toward thinking of the Renaissance as an important idea and not as a time period.”  (Money Talks, 13 April 2013)

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