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The rebirth of culture

Art as we know it today could not exist had not the revolutionary work of the Renaissance artists paved the way. Widely considered the most important and influential movement in the history of fine arts, literature, architecture, and science, the Renaissance marked the emergence of Western civilization from the Middle Ages into the modern era. Beginning in the 14th century in Italy, the movement spread throughout Europe by the late 15th century, the main centers of fine art activity being in Florence, the Low Countries, and Germany. For the first time, art became intellectual; influenced by humanism, artists experimented with secular subjects and revived classical antiquity. Advances in anatomy and geometry produced more realistic depictions in terms of space and perspective for the Italians, while new oil painting techniques made their mark in Flemish painting and woodcuts and engravings were the specialties of the Germans.

Artists featured: Albrecht Altdorfer, Fra Angelico, Giovanni Bellini, Hieronymus Bosch, Sandro Botticelli, Pieter Breughel, Agnolo Bronzino, Vittore Carpaccio, François Clouet, Correggio, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Albrecht Dürer, El Greco, School of Fontainebleau, Piero della Francesca, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Giorgione, Matthias Grünewald, Maerten van Heemskerck, Hans Holbein the Younger, Fra Filippo Lippi, Lorenzo Lotto, Andrea Mantegna, Masaccio, Antonello da Messina, Michelangelo, Parmigianino, Pontormo, Raphael, Luca Signorelli, Tintoretto, Titian, Paolo Uccello, Veronese, Leonardo da Vinci

95 pages, Paperback

Published July 1, 2006

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Manfred Wundram

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Manfred Wundram (1925-2015) studied art history, archaeology, music history, and German literature. He taught art history at Ruhr University in Bochum for many years and published widely on the Early and High Renaissance.

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6 reviews2 followers
October 9, 2023
Siendo novata en la disciplina de la Historia del Arte, de vez en cuando he tenido algunas dificultades para entender algunos tecnicismos empleados; sin embargo, me ha parecido intuitivo y “seguible”.

Le pongo 3 estrellas por varios motivos: por mi nivel de comprensión, por los tecnicismos empleados, porque creo que dan por sentado que el lector va a entender lo que se explica cuando en realidad pienso que este libro tiene la finalidad de ser un libro introductorio de pintura renacentista. He echado en falta notas a pie o un glosario con breves definiciones o explicaciones un poco más detalladas de conceptos y momentos históricos; y porque entre la cantidad de pintores mencionados, no se ha dado a conocer en ningún momento a ninguna mujer, literalmente ha sido un libro falocéntrico total (tristemente no me sorprende) donde se exaltaban sus técnicas, sus dominios con las pinturas, los maestros y sus fuentes de inspiración, pero no se menciona ninguna pintora. Me ha resultado desalentador.

Si tú que me lees conoces libros de pintura renacentista donde se mencionen e incluyan mujeres artistas, por favor contesta mi comentario porque me encantará descubrir recomendaciones donde exista más diversidad y se las de un espacio.

Por otra parte, he de comentar que gracias a este libro he podido repasar algunos pintores ya conocidos y descubrir otros nuevos.

Me he quedado embelesada con algunas obras porque me ha sorprendido el nivel de detalle con el control de luces, la dimensión y el color hasta crear la composición final. Un ejemplo de esto último ha sido Antonello Da Messina y su obra «San Jerónimo en su estudio» (1474-1475). No lo conocía y me ha marcado muchísimo por todos los niveles de detalle y la combinación de perspectivas. Todo un descubrimiento.

Recomiendo este libro a toda persona que esté familiarizada con conceptos de Historia del Arte y con la Historia pero no tenga un nivel muy avanzado, quiera repasar o saber más sobre este Movimiento.
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26 reviews73 followers
June 23, 2020
Sanat tarihine ilgisi olan herkese Taschen’ın Basic Art 2.0 serisini öneririm. Resim/fotoğraf kalitesi çok yüksek, bilgilendirici ve fiyatı da kalitesine göre oldukça iyi.
Kitabın ilk kısmı genel olarak 15 ve 16. yüzyıl Avrupa resim tarihini anlatıyor. Sonrasında ise Rönesans'ın en önemli ressamlarının tablolarının incelemelerine yer veriliyor. Her tablo için yaklaşık bir sayfalık detaylı ve bilgilendirici metinler yer alıyor. Yorumlarda yazarların hayatlarına da kısaca yer verilmiş. Ağırlıklı olarak İtalyan sanatçılara yer verilse de Kuzey Rönesans sanatçılarının da eserleri bulunuyor.
Kitabın baskısı oldukça iyi. Fotoğraflar yüksek çözünürlüklü ve renk kalitesi çok yüksek.
Rönesans'a giriş için güzel bir kitap olduğunu düşünüyorum.
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January 13, 2022
There are no words to convey what I got while reading this book. If you want to know European painting in the 15th and 16th centuries read renaissance by Manfred Wundram
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