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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Brand new paperback copy of a richly illustrated book with bright full-colour plates. Published by Everyman Art Library, 1997. Written by Alison Cole. 192 pp, illustrations ; 24 cm. Includes useful bibliography and index. Subjects: Art, Renaissance Italy. Art patronage Italy. Courts and courtiers History. Art patronage. Art, Renaissance. Courts and courtiers. Art, Italian. Art and state Italy. In this fascinating study of courtly culture in fifteenth-and early-sixteenth Italy, Alison Cole considers the role of artists and brings out the distinctive uses to which art was out at the different centres. The social, intellectual and artistic milieu of each court is brought vividly to light, along with the complex personalities of rulers and artists. Drawing on a wide range of contemporary texts and visual material - from painting and architecture to medals, tapestries and illuminated manuscripts - Cole paints a rich picture of the cultural splendour of the Italian Renaissance courts. The first major original book on the subject in almost two decades, aimed at the general reader and students and reflecting the most recent developments in art history. The chapters are: the renaissance court; the court artist; Naples under Alfonso of Aragon; Urbino under Federico da Montefeltro; Milan & Pavia under Ludovico 'il Moro'; Este Ferrara; Mantua & the Gonzaga (Andrea Mantegna; Isabella d'Este); continuity & adaptation. We pack our books properly and ship daily from the UK. Seller Inventory # ABE-1683818340243
Book Description Condition: New. Book is in NEW condition. Seller Inventory # 0297833715-2-1