Renaissance Art Reconsidered showcases the aesthetic principles and the workaday practices guiding daily life through these years of extraordinary human achievement.
A major new anthology, bringing to life the places, works, media, and issues that define Renaissance art
Ideal for use on Renaissance studies courses and for reference by students of art history
Moves beyond the borders of Italy to consider European, Mediterranean, and post Byzantine art, widening the traditional focus of Renaissance art
Includes...
Renaissance Art Reconsidered showcases the aesthetic principles and the workaday practices guiding daily life through these years of extraordin...
Cardinals occupied a unique place in the world of early modern Europe, their distinctive red hats the visible signs not only of impressive careers at the highest rank the pope could bestow, but also of their high social status and political influence on an international scale. Appointed for life, these princes of the Church played a key role in the dramatic events of a period in which both the power and the authority of the papacy were challenged.
Cardinals crossed the ambiguous boundaries then existing between religious and secular power. Granted unparalleled access to Church and...
Cardinals occupied a unique place in the world of early modern Europe, their distinctive red hats the visible signs not only of impressive careers ...
