Painting and experience in fifteenth century Italy;
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
a primer in the social history of pictorial style.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Oxford,
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Clarendon Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1972.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
viii, 165 pages
Other Physical Details
illustrations (some color)
Dimensions
21 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-161).
CONTENTS NOTE
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I. Conditions of trade -- II. The period eye -- III. Pictures and categories.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book is both an introduction to fifteenth-century Italian painting, and a primer in how to read social history out of the style of pictures. Examines early Renaissance painting, and explains how the style of painting in any society reflects the visual skills and habits that evolve out of daily life. Renaissance painting, for example, mirrors the experience of such activities as preaching, dancing, and gauging barrels. The book includes discussions of a wide variety of painters, including Filippo Lippi, Fra Angelico, Stefano di Giovanni, Sandro Botticelli, Masaccio, Luca Signorelli, Boccaccio, and others.
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Title
Painting and experience in fifteenth century Italy.