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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier (George Washington University, USA)Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell Dimensions: Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.558kg ISBN: 9781118306079ISBN 10: 1118306074 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 22 February 2013 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations vi Preface xi Frontispiece: Map of places mentioned xiii Introduction: The Italian Renaissance as an Idea Rather Than a Period 1 1 What a Difference a Hundred Years Makes 8 2 How It All Started: Florence and Umbria 31 3 What Happened Next in Florence 68 4 Searching for the Renaissance (1): Siena and Southward to Sicily 92 5 Searching for the Renaissance (2): From Northern Italy Back to Umbria 118 6 The Triumph of the Intellectual Avant-Garde: The High Renaissance 152 7 Some Other Artists of the High Renaissance 184 8 The Swan Song of Renaissance Art 200 9 The Break and the New Avant-Garde: Early Mannerism 209 10 What Was the Italian Renaissance? Conclusions in the Bigger Picture 246 Appendix A: Artists Mentioned 258 Appendix B: Some Suggested Readings 262 Index 267ReviewsSumming Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers/faculty. ( Choice , 1 November 2013) I highly recommend the very important and fascinating book Italian Renaissance Art: Understanding its Meaning by Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier, to any historians, art critics, art history and Renaissance history students and academics, and to anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the real meaning and currents that were present in Renaissance Italy. This book will transform how you view the art and the artists of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in Italy, and guide you toward thinking of the Renaissance as an important idea and not as a time period. ( Blog Business World , 13 April 2013) I highly recommend the very important and fascinating book Italian Renaissance Art: Understanding its Meaning by Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier, to any historians, art critics, art history and Renaissance history students and academics, and to anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the real meaning and currents that were present in Renaissance Italy. This book will transform how you view the art and the artists of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in Italy, and guide you toward thinking of the Renaissance as an important idea and not as a time period. ( Money Talks , 13 April 2013) I highly recommend the very important and fascinating book Italian Renaissance Art: Understanding its Meaning by Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier, to any historians, art critics, art history and Renaissance history students and academics, and to anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the real meaning and currents that were present in Renaissance Italy. This book will transform how you view the art and the artists of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in Italy, and guide you toward thinking of the Renaissance as an important idea and not as a time period. ( Blog Business World , 13 April 2013) I highly recommend the very important and fascinating book Italian Renaissance Art: Understanding its Meaning by Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier, to any historians, art critics, art history and Renaissance history students and academics, and to anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the real meaning and currents that were present in Renaissance Italy. This book will transform how you view the art and the artists of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in Italy, and guide you toward thinking of the Renaissance as an important idea and not as a time period. ( Money Talks , 13 April 2013) Author InformationChristiane L. Joost-Gaugier is a three-time graduate of Harvard University (AB, AM, PhD) and an internationally known art historian. She has taught and lectured in numerous universities internationally and has chaired departments at several American universities. Professor Joost-Gaugier has written extensively on Italian art and architecture and has authored more than 200 publications, including six books. Her work has been supported by numerous research grants and published in international journals, exhibition catalogues, and conference proceedings. In 2005 she was awarded an honorary Phi Beta Kappa by Harvard University for Lifetime Achievement. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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