Suitable for the children of ages 11 to 12 years, this title provides the works of Michelangelo and other famous Renaissance artists. It offers a look inside the art world of the Renaissance. It helps children learn about the kinds of art and artists, patronage, and famous painters of the period.
Suitable for the children of ages 11 to 12 years, this title provides the works of Michelangelo and other famous Renaissance artists. It offers a look...
The study of Renaissance drawings allows for an intensive exploration of how artists constructed their works and how they thought, often by revealing the artists' ideas through the examination of private images that were deemed inappropriate for more public viewing. Rethinking Renaissance Drawings presents new and original research from art historians and curators from leading universities and museums across North America and Europe. Previous studies on drawings tend to focus on the work of one artist or a small regional group of artists. The essays in this collection address larger issues of...
The study of Renaissance drawings allows for an intensive exploration of how artists constructed their works and how they thought, often by revealing ...
Raphael's Ostrich begins with a little-studied aspect of Raphael's painting--the ostrich, which appears as an attribute of Justice, painted in the Sala di Costantino in the Vatican. Una Roman D'Elia traces the cultural and artistic history of the ostrich from its appearances in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs to the menageries and grotesque ornaments of sixteenth-century Italy. Following the complex history of shifting interpretations given to the ostrich in scientific, literary, religious, poetic, and satirical texts and images, D'Elia demonstrates the rich variety of ways in which...
Raphael's Ostrich begins with a little-studied aspect of Raphael's painting--the ostrich, which appears as an attribute of Justice, painte...
