History of Italian Renaissance art : painting, sculpture, architecture

For over twenty years, Frederick Hartt's History of Italian Renaissance Art has been considered the best book ever written on this important period in Western art. Comprehensive, well-illustrated, and entertaining, it is also a model of clarity and scholarly precision. Now, the fourth edition of this unrivaled classic is provided for another generation of readers. This newly designed edition includes an extended presentation of the Quattrocento and Cinquecento in Florence, Rome, and Venice, as well as additional pictured works by north Italian artists and by Florentine artists of the Maniera. The revising author, David Wilkins, has remained sympathetic and sensitive to Hartt's vision and approach while drawing upon the latest research to bring the text up to date. There are many new colorplates, including fourteen details of Michelangelo's freshly cleaned, resplendent Sistine Ceiling frescoes. A portfolio of full-page color room views has been added as well, showing major works of art in situ. Many paintings and sculptures have been rephotographed specially for this edition since they were cleaned and restored, and many more are now illustrated in larger size. Because context is so important to the understanding of Renaissance art, information has been added to the captions indicating when a work is still in its original location. And, when known, the name of the patron who commissioned a work has been added. Frederick Hartt writes with authority and eloquence on the sculpture, architecture, and painting of more than four centuries, and David Wilkins has respected and maintained his high standards. The Renaissance was an extraordinarily fertile era, when, in a burst of staggering creativity, humanist painters rediscovered and gave new meaning to portraiture and landscape painting; sculptors fashioned life-sized freestanding figures with remarkable virtuosity and revived the classical ideal of the nude; and architects planned and built edifices of rare grace and invention. Beautiful illustrations, fine writing, and authoritative scholarship bring into focus all the elements of this multifaceted period. Fully indexed, and including an extensive glossary and an updated bibliography, the fourth edition of History of Italian Renaissance Art offers a fresh and inviting design, displaying the extraordinary visual and textual material to full advantage. A Broad Survey Of Art And Architecture In Italy Between C. 1250 And 1600, This Book Approaches The Works From The Point Of View Of The Artist As Individual Creator And As An Expression Of The City Within Which The Artist Was Working. History Of Italian Renaissance Art, Seventh Edition, Brings You An Updated Understanding Of This Pivotal Period As It Incorporates New Research And Current Art Historical Thinking, While Also Maintaining The Integrity Of The Story That Frederick Hartt First Told So Enthusiastically Many Years Ago. Choosing To Retain Frederick Hartt's Traditional Framework, David Wilkins' Incisive Revisions Keep The Book Fresh And Up-to-date. Italy And Italian Art -- The Late Middle Ages -- Duecento Art In Tuscany And Rome -- Florentine Art Of The Early Trecento -- Sienese Art Of The Early Trecento -- Later Gothic Art In Tuscany And Northern Italy -- The Quattrocento -- The Renaissance Begins : Architecture -- Transitions In Tuscan Sculpture -- Transitions In Florentine Painting -- The Heritage Of Masaccio : Fra Angelico And Fra Filippo Lippi -- Florentine Architecture And Sculpture : C. 1430-1455 -- Florentine Painting At Mid-century -- Art In Florence Under The Medici I -- Art In Florence Under The Medici Ii -- The Renaissance In Central Italy -- Gothic And Renaissance In Venice And Northern Italy -- The Cinquecento -- The Origins Of The High Renaissance --the High Renaissance In Rome -- New Developments, C. 1520-50 -- High And Late Renaissance In Venice And On The Mainland -- The Late Sixteenth Century. Frederick Hartt, David G. Wilkins. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.