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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. 1,553 plates--nearly half of which in lustrous color--including, photographs, sketches, plans & hundreds of full-page reproductions (illustrator). 1st Edition. RARE in its NEW condition: First Edition (2000) First Printing of this MONUMENTAL 2-volume boxed set: UNPARALLELED: OPULENT: MAGNIFICENT: BEAUTIFUL: SPLENDID: Since the radiant years of the Renaissance, Florence--the city of Michelangelo, Leonardo, Dante, Masaccio, Botticelli, Giotto, Cellini & Machiavelli--has come to represent the greatest triumph of the Western cultural tradition. Here, hundreds of the most splendidly talented artists in history lived, worked, & collaborated in the creation of the great urban museum we know as Florence. "The Art of Florence" analyzes the history of Florentine art in terms of the distinctly Florentine & Tuscan influences that shaped it, linking the city's architecture, sculpture, & painting to the rich social fabric & the dramatic political life of the city. Woven into this history is a visual documentation of Florence's treasures. This opulent enormous two-volume survey reveals the shifting styles of Florentine painting, sculpture & architecture amid crosscurrents of political turmoil, Renaissance thought, princely patronage, commerce, wars, plague. This splendid set is unparalleled in its comprehensive detail & wealth of illustration presented in 1,553 plates--nearly half of which in lustrous color--including photographs, sketches, plans & hundreds of full-page reproductions. In a brilliant text which appeals both to lay readers as well as to specialists, the work present the giants of the Florentine Renaissance in their full-blooded human complexity as it follows the rise of Florence from mercantile center to militant republic & to its late 16th-century decline foreshadowed by mannerism in the arts. * ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Art professors Glenn Andres & John Hunisak teach at Middlebury College, Richard Turner at NYU; photographer Okamura's credits include "The Vatican Frescoes of Michelangelo". SHIPPING: MNemosyne carefully wraps & labels this beautiful two-volume set, custom-packaging it in a sturdy multiply-walled carton for secure shipment at no charge via USPS Media Mail within the United States with rates available on request for rapid domestic shipment via USPS PRIORITY MAIL or for expedited service around the world via lowest-cost Mandatory USPS INTERNATIONAL PRIORITY MAIL. Seller Inventory # 010381
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