Behind the Picture: Art and Evidence in the Italian Renaissance

by Martin Kemp

The Roman author Pliny tells the story--well known in the Renaissance--of famed Grecian painter Apelles hiding behind one of his pictures to overhear comments of viewers. Martin Kemp provides an introductory text on Italian Renaissance art that brings the period alive through a wealth of visual and written evidence and extensive quotations from original sources. 20 color and 100 b&w illustrations .

Genres: Art, Art History

324 pages, Hardcover

First published November 3, 1997

About the author

Martin Kemp is professor of the History of Art at Oxford University, and the author of many books including The Science of Art, Visualizations and the recent Leonardo. He is also a frequent contributor to Nature, the international science journal, where he writes on science and art. Together with Antonio Criminisi, he wrote an article in NEW 1_2005: "Paolo Uccello's 'Battle of San Romano': Order from Chaos" is the most recent report on how they apply 3D graphic techniques to the process of art history investigation.

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