Low and High Style in Italian Renaissance Art

ISBN-13: 9780815325307 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 284 str.

Patricia Emison

Opis

An examination of the idealised High Art, and the private, personal, Low Art of the Renaissance, which aims to draw conclusions about class prejudice, gender stereotypes, and attitudes towards the ordinary which motivate such distinctions. This is volume 8 in the GARLAND STUDIES IN THE RENAISSANCE series.

Recenzje

"[It] considerably enriches our knowledge of Renaissance visual culture." -- Print Quarterly
"...interesting and erudite study...Satisfactory black-and-white illustrations and a good bibliography. Upper-division undergraduate; graduate; faculty." -- Choice
"Throughout, Emison enhances her engaging premise, informed by an elucidation of political and economic undercurrents, through an appealing and eloquent writing style." -- On Paper
"College-level students of Renaissance art history will appreciate this in-depth review of style in Italian Renaissance art...intriguing survey." -- Bookwatch

Spis treści

Introduction * Beyond Istoria * Picturing Pastoral * Inverting Low and High * Postscript * Bibliography * Index

O autorze

PATRICIA EMISON