Crack Peter - Italian Renaissance Masterworks - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: The Renaissance of the 14th 16th centuries was and forever will be one of the most pivotal periods in the development of Western art. Its roots spread wide and deep and much social and intellectual revitalization had begun before this revered time but the renewed interest in ancient Greek and Roman texts and the development of expanding trade which brought greater wealth meant that classical and humanist thought combined with lavish patronage resulted in major breakthroughs across all spheres of human endeavour art architecture music literature science philosophy and more. And while it spread across Europe it was Italy that was to be its crucible. With 2020 marking the 500th anniversary of the death of Raphael one of the stars of the Renaissance this sumptuous book celebrates the prolific output of this era. From the radical perspective of Giotto di Bondone (1267 1337) breaking out of the Middles Ages to the giants of the High Renaissance: Leonardo da Vinci Michelangelo and Raphael and many more the reader will delight in the fascinating insights offered by the text accompanied by lush reproductions.
Title: Italian Renaissance Masterworks
Author(s): Crack Peter
Publisher: Flame Tree Publishing
Barcode: 9781839641886
Pages: 192 Pages, 150 Illustrations, Color
Publication Date: 1/25/2022
Series: Masterworks
Category: Individual Artists, Art Monographs