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Artistic Theory in Italy

Artistic Theory in Italy

Paperback

Series: Oxford Paperbacks

Art HistoryEuropean ArtGeneral Photography

ISBN10: 0198810504
ISBN13: 9780198810506
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Dec 31 1962
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.56
Height: 0.48 Width: 5.17 Depth: 7.72
Language: English
This book seeks to broaden the comprehension of the student of Italian Renaissance painting by concentrating not on the works of art themselves, but on the various artistic theories which influenced them or were expressed by them. Taking Alberti's treatises as his starting-point, Anthony Blunt traces the development of artistic theory from Humanism to Mannerism. He discusses the writings of Leonardo, Savonarola, Michelangelo, and Vasari, examines the effect of the Council of Trent on religious art, and chronicles the successful struggle of the painters and sculptors themselves to elevate their status from craftsmen to creative artists.

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