A Companion to Renaissance and Baroque Art

by Babette Bohn, James M. Saslow

"A Companion to Renaissance and Baroque Art" provides a diverse, fresh collection of accessible, comprehensive essays addressing key issues for European art produced between 1300 and 1700, a period that might be termed the beginning of modern history.Presents a collection of original, in-depth essays from art experts that address various aspects of European visual arts produced from circa 1300 to 1700Divided into five broad conceptual Social-Historical Factors in Artistic Production; Creative Process and Social Stature of the Artist; The Art as Material Culture; The Subjects and Meanings; and The Viewer, the Critic, and the Reception and Interpretation as Cultural DiscourseCovers many topics not typically included in collections of this nature, such as Judaism and the arts, architectural treatises, the global Renaissance in arts, the new natural sciences and the arts, art and religion, and gender and sexualityFeatures essays on the arts of the domestic life, sexuality and gender, and the art and production of tapestries, conservation/technology, and the metaphor of theaterFocuses on Western and Central Europe and that territory's interactions with neighboring civilizations and distant discoveriesIncludes illustrations as well as links to images not included in the book

Genres: Nonfiction, Art History, Art

650 pages, ebook

First published January 2, 2012

Reviews

[Andrea Engle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely stellar, including jaw-dropping bibliographies ... a lay-person’s introduction to early-modern art, sculpture, and architecture, primarily Italian and North European (Dutch, Flemish, German, and French) ... divided into five parts: The Context; The Artist; The Object; The Message; and The Viewer, the Critic, and the Historian ... simply perfect ...

[Castles · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book with tons of information and studies, decided to 28 articles which are light-academic with a conclusion and a vast bibliography at the end of them.

While I admit I skipped one article, in the most part the book was very interesting and full of ways to expand your knowledge in this beautiful field of study.

[Robin Wik · Rating 4 out of 5]

Omg jag älskar denna boken, tackar denna för vg på tentan. Består av massa olika samlade verk av flera skribenter

[Mills College Library]

709.024 C73714 2013