Art and Architecture in Italy, 1250-1400

The Yale University Press Pelican History of Art Series

by John White

The 14th century in Italian art is a very rich one, and Professor White's book gives architecture equal weight with painting and sculpture. The story of the Gothic style and the prehistory of the Renaissance is all the facts are related, but also the works of art are described with insight and for their own sakes, and not simply as data for fitting into schemes and theories. Among the great names are those of Arnolfo di Cambio, the Pisani, Cavallini, Cimabue, Duccio, Giotto, Simone Martini, and the Lorenzetti; among the buildings S. Croce, S. Maria Novella, the cathedral and the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, and the cathedrals of Siena, Orvieto, and Milan, as well as churches, castles, and civic buildings from the Val d'Aosta to Sicily. The third edition of this work includes colour illustrations and incorporates textual revisions and an updated bibliography.

Genres: Art, Architecture, Art History, History, Nonfiction, Medieval

688 pages, Paperback

First published January 28, 1967

About the author

John Edward Clement Twarowski White, CBE, FSA (born 1924) is an English former art historian and was formerly the head of the Department of History of Art at the University College London (UCL).
Source: en.wikipedia.org

Reviews

[Alessandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Art and Architecture in Italy 1250-1400 is an excellent one-volume history of Italy's shift into the Renaissance. A little brick of a book, it has almost 700 pages of well-chosen color and black-and-white artworks and helpful text.