The Renaissance - Hardcover

Zuffi, Stefano

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0007164572 ISBN 13: 9780007164578

Publisher: Collins, 2003

Synopsis

Featuring over 150 artists from Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, and Spain, this lavishly produced and highly illustrated work of art is the first book to comprehensively cover in one volume the two centuries of European Art between 1401 and 1610 known as the Renaissance.

The Renaissance features all the obvious well-known Italian masters such as Fra Angelico, Michelangelo, Masaccio, Titian, Raphael, Botticelli and Leonardo da Vinci. But what makes this book special is that it also covers the great Dutch and German masters, such as Van Eyck, Bosch, Bruegel, Holbein, Durer and the Spanish painter El Greco.

It is a rich chronological survey of the splendour and wealth of Renaissance art from the end of the Gothic period to the beginning of the Baroque period (1401-1610). In addition to all the superb paintings this book also features the best in sculpture and architecture during this period.

Superbly designed and illustrated with more than 500 colour illustrations, many of them large-scale reproductions, The Renaissance is a truly sumptuous book that will appeal to everyone interested in this popular period of painting.

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From the Back Cover:

This sumptuous book covers all the finest art produced in Europe in the Renaissance, during two centuries of astonishing artistic achievement. Featuring more than 150 artists from Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, and Spain, and covering the period between 1401 and 1610, this is a rich chronological survey of the splendor and wealth of Renaissance art.

Over 500 magnificent colour illustrations, including large-scale reproductions of paintings, provide a complete pictorial survey of the stages of the movement -- from its beginnings in Florence and Flanders to the high Renaissance of Venice, and on to the drawing of the Baroque period. The book also features the best in sculpture and architecture, reflecting the extraordinary cultural ferment of the time.

The Renaissance covers all the popular and well-known Italian masters such as Botticelli, Michelangelo, Masaccio, Titian, Raphael, and Leonardo da Vinci. But, in addition, the great Dutch and German masters such as van Eyck, Bruegel, Holbein, Dürer, Hieronymus Bosch and the Spanish painter El Greco are also featured, giving the reader a true sense of the breathtaking artistic scope of the period.

Superbly designed, with spectacular production values, this is the first book to truly do justice to the glories of Renaissance art.

Synopsis:

"The Renaissance" features all the obvious well-known Italian masters such as Fra Angelico, Michelangelo, Masaccio, Titian, Raphael, Botticelli and Leonardo da Vinci. But what makes this book different is that it also covers the great Dutch and German masters, such as Van Eyck, Bosch, Bruegel, Holbein, Durer and the Spanish painter El Greco. It is a rich chronological survey of the splendour and wealth of Renaissance art from the end of the Gothic period to the beginning of the Baroque period (1401-1610). In addition to all the superb paintings, the book also features the best in sculpture and architecture during this period. Carefully designed and illustrated with more than 500 colour illustrations, many of them large-scale reproductions, "The Renaissance" should appeal to everyone interested in this popular period of painting.

About this edition

• Publisher: Collins
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0007164572
• ISBN 13: 9780007164578
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 480