How to Read Italian Renaissance Painting
 | Authors: By Stefano Zuffi Imprint: Abrams Books ISBN: 0-8109-8940-9 EAN: 9780810989405 Availability: In Stock Publishing Date: 5/1/2010 Trim Size: 9 1/2 x 6 3/4 Page Count: 400 Cover: PB-Flexibound Illustrations: 800 full-color illustrations | Price:
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About the book
Filled with great masterpieces by such artists as Botticelli, Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, Masaccio, Piero della Francesca, Mantegna, and Titian, How to Read Italian Renaissance Painting takes the reader into their world. As in the internationally successful and innovative How to Read a Painting, each spread uses an important painting as a way to explain a key concept, with numerous large details. Here, 180 works illuminate key ideas in Renaissance painting, from "perpective" and "the golden section" to "grace" and "symbolism." In addition, there are brief biographies of the major artists. The result is an original, accessible, and affordable volume that offers an introduction into the art and culture of the Italian Renaissance.
About the author
Stefano Zuffi is an art historian and the author of numerous books on the art of the Italian Renaissance, including Abrams' Art in Venice (1999). He lives in Milan.