Art and Life in Renaissance Venice, Perspectives Series - Softcover

Brown, Patricia Fortini

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0136184553 ISBN 13: 9780136184553

Publisher: Pearson, 1997

Synopsis

For courses in Renaissance Art.

Through close examination of Renaissance paintings, drawings, book illustrations, and other art works, Patricia Fortini Brown brings fourteenth and fifteenth century Venice alive. She explores the role of the guilds and the nobility, the unique island setting, the environment of the church and the private home, the political rivalries with other states, the taste for symbols and metaphors, the myriad qualities that made Venice distinct and its art unique. Carefully interweaving art-historical analysis of individual works (both famous and little-known) with rich contextual discussions, she reveals a culture of high beauty, artifice, and craftsmanship.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0136184553
• ISBN 13: 9780136184553
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176