Art and society in Italy, 1350-1500 / Evelyn Welch.
By: Welch, Evelyn S.
Material type: BookSeries: Oxford history of art: Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997Description: 351 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 25 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0192842455 (hb) ; 019284203X (pbk.).Subject(s): Art, Italian | Art, Renaissance -- Italy | Art and society -- ItalyDDC classification: 709.024Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 709.024 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00228580 | ||
General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 709.024 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00072601 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Between the `Black Death' in the mid-fourteenth century and the French invasions at the end of the fifteenth, artists such as Masaccio, Donatello, Fra Angelico, and Leonardo, working in the kingdoms, princedoms, and republics of the Italian peninsula, created some of the most influential and exciting works in a variety of artistic fields. Yet the traditional story of the Renaissance has been dramatically revised in the light of new scholarship, and new issues have greatly enriched our understanding of the period. Emphasis has been placed on recreating the experience of contemporary Italians - the patrons who commissioned the works, the members of the public who viewed them, and the artists who produced them. In this book Evelyn Welch presents a fresh picture of the Italian Renaissance. Giving equal weight to the Italian regions outside Florence, she discusses a wide range of works, from paintings to coins, and from sculptures to tapestries, examines the issues of materials, workshop practises, and artist-patron relationships, and explores the ways in which visual imagery related to contemporary sexual, social and political behaviour.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 326-335) and index.
Artistic enterprises -- Audiences for art -- The art of government -- Art and the household.
"Evelyn Welch presents a fresh picture of Italian art between the 'Black Death' in the mid-fourteenth century and the French invasions at the end of the fifteenth. In it, Florence is no longer the only important centre of artistic activity but takes its place alongside other equally interesting and varied cities of the Italian peninsula. Oil paintings are examined alongside frescos, tapestries, sculptures in bronze and marble, manuscript illuminations, objects in precious metals, and a wide range of other works. Evelyn Welch explains artistic techniques and workshop practices, and discusses contextual issues such as artist-patron relationships, political and religious uses of art, and the ways in which visual imagery related to contemporary sexual and social behaviour. Above all she recreates the dramatic experiences of contemporary Italians - the patrons who commissioned the works, the members of the public who viewed them, and the artists who produced them." -- Back cover.