The Renaissance Cities: Art in Florence, Rome and Venice Wolf Norbert
The Renaissance Cities: Art in Florence, Rome and Venice Wolf Norbert A luxurious and definitive exploration of how and why the Renaissance flourished in Italy for two centuries.The idea of…
Specifikacia The Renaissance Cities: Art in Florence, Rome and Venice Wolf Norbert
The Renaissance Cities: Art in Florence, Rome and Venice Wolf Norbert
A luxurious and definitive exploration of how and why the Renaissance flourished in Italy for two centuries.The idea of "renaissance," or rebirth, arose in Italy as a way of reviving the art, science, and scholarship of the Classical era. By the late 15th century, Italy had become the recognized European leader in the fields of painting, architecture, and sculpture. It was also powered by a quest to document artistic "reality" according to newly discovered scientific and mathematical principles.
Brimming with vivid reproductions of works by Leonardo, Michelangelo, Botticelli, Raphael, Titian, and others, this book showcases the creative achievements that traveled from Florence to Rome to Venice. But why was Florence the center of this burgeoning creativity, and how did it spread to other Italian cities? Art historian Norbert Wolf explores the influence of secular