Renaissance Florence : the invention of a new art

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Renaissance Florence : the invention of a new art

A. Richard Turner

Pearson/Prentice Hall, c1997

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Bibliography: p. 170-173

Includes index

"A Perspectives book from Prentice Hall"--Cover.

"This book was produced by Laurence King Publishing Limited, London"--T.p. verso

copyright c1997: Laurence King Pub.

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Description

For courses in Renaissance Art. This text offers an incisive and original account of fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Florentine art in its social, cultural, political, geographic, economic and religious settings. Ranging in scope from monumental and public artworks to the intimacy of the domestic interior, it explores artistic patronage and the working conditions of artists in a way that is fully accessible to the inexperienced reader.

Table of Contents

Introduction. 1. The City Rises. 2. The Marketplace of Art. 3. Speaking Statues. 4. In the Shadow of the Dome. 5. The World Seen Through a Window. 6. Home Economics. 7. The "Gods" of Florence. Timeline. Select Bibliography. Picture Credits. Index.

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