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Italian Renaissance Art | 
 enlarge | Author: Laurie Schneider Adams
Publisher: Westview Press
Category: Book
List Price: $65.00
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 178469
Media: Paperback
Edition: 0
Pages: 432
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.8
ISBN: 0813336910
Dewey Decimal Number: 709.4509024
EAN: 9780813336916
ASIN: 0813336910
Publication Date: February 2001
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Product Description
DIV Art historian Laurie Schneider Adams brings to students a vibrant and engaging presentation of Renaissance art history that is supported by up-to-date scholarship and methodology. The text opens with the late Byzantine work of Cimabue and concludes with the transition to Mannerism. The author#8217;s focus is on the most important and innovative artists and their principal works, with a clear emphasis on selectivity and understanding. IItalian Renaissance Art/I also focuses on style and iconography, and on art and artists, incorporating different methodological approaches to create a wider understanding and appreciation of the art.Distinguishing features of this text include: Over 400 illustrations, with 215 in full color, are integrated with the text, and large enough to properly view. In depth coverage on the most important and innovative artists and their principle works throughout Italy. Side boxes that provide additional material on techniques, biographical data, descriptions of artistic media, as well as necessary background information are used in every chapter. #8220;Controversy#8221; boxes introduce some of the ongoing scholarly quarrels among Renaissance art historians. Maps, plans, and diagrams are also included throughout. A historical chronology, a full glossary of art-historical terms, and a select bibliography are also included at the end of the text. /Div
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 Excellent Book January 11, 2007
Carol L. Lane (St. Louis, MO)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was taking an art class in college titled "A Survey of Allegory of Italian Art" and this book was very helpful to look at the detail in the paintings and to read about the paintings.
 well-written December 11, 2004
aficianado (Chicago, Il)
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
I have read numerous art history books, and most suffer from being dry and too heavy on dates. This book is well-written with a style that flows from topic to topic. All the important information (yes, those dates!) a student will need is here, but the presentation puts it above the rest, making it an enjoyable book to read again and again. What I found especially valuable is how Adams places the works within the political and social environment of the times. Knowing the history adds a lot to art history! She provides sidebars with anecdotes about the artists or significant events in the era that have influenced the work. Stylistic and technical information is also excellent. Photographic quality is superb.
Italian Renaissance Art August 11, 2001
20 out of 22 found this review helpful
Italian Renaisance art by Laurie Schneider Adams is a wonderful introductory text on Renaisance art. It is very clearly written with a helpful glossary for those who are not familiar with art terms. It not only explains both style and iconography of the Renaisance period but gives a great backround of the culture of the period. The illustrations in the text are wonderfuly detailed and most are in color. This is a great text for intro. classes to Ren. art and people who wish to learn on their own.
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