History Of Italian Renaissance Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Tear on back of jacket repaired with non-acidic tape.
Few epochs in human history have produced a flowering of genius as breathtaking as the Italian Renaissance, and Frederick Hartt's monumental survey stands as one of the most authoritative accounts of that remarkable era. A Professor of Art at the University of Virginia, Hartt chronicles the full sweep of Italian Renaissance achievement across three disciplines — painting, sculpture, and architecture — tracing the evolution of artistic thought from the Byzantine-inflected late medieval period through the triumphant works of Michelangelo, Raphael, and Leonardo da Vinci. With scholarly precision and an eye for compelling detail, the text guides readers through the studios of Florence, the papal courts of Rome, and the watery grandeur of Venice, presenting each masterwork within its rich political, theological, and humanist context. Hartt writes with an authority born of decades of deep scholarship, illuminating not merely what these artists made, but why their creations constituted a fundamental reordering of how Western civilisation understood beauty, humanity, and the divine. The breadth of coverage is staggering — from Giotto's revolutionary naturalism to the complex Mannerist experiments of the late sixteenth century — yet Hartt's prose remains accessible without ever sacrificing intellectual rigor. This is the essential reference work for students, scholars, and passionate admirers of art history alike, a text that leaves one perpetually convinced that the Renaissance has not yet finished revealing its secrets.
Author: Frederick Hartt
Format: Hardback
Published: 1969, Prentice-Hall, Inc. and Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Tear on back of jacket repaired with non-acidic tape.
Few epochs in human history have produced a flowering of genius as breathtaking as the Italian Renaissance, and Frederick Hartt's monumental survey stands as one of the most authoritative accounts of that remarkable era. A Professor of Art at the University of Virginia, Hartt chronicles the full sweep of Italian Renaissance achievement across three disciplines — painting, sculpture, and architecture — tracing the evolution of artistic thought from the Byzantine-inflected late medieval period through the triumphant works of Michelangelo, Raphael, and Leonardo da Vinci. With scholarly precision and an eye for compelling detail, the text guides readers through the studios of Florence, the papal courts of Rome, and the watery grandeur of Venice, presenting each masterwork within its rich political, theological, and humanist context. Hartt writes with an authority born of decades of deep scholarship, illuminating not merely what these artists made, but why their creations constituted a fundamental reordering of how Western civilisation understood beauty, humanity, and the divine. The breadth of coverage is staggering — from Giotto's revolutionary naturalism to the complex Mannerist experiments of the late sixteenth century — yet Hartt's prose remains accessible without ever sacrificing intellectual rigor. This is the essential reference work for students, scholars, and passionate admirers of art history alike, a text that leaves one perpetually convinced that the Renaissance has not yet finished revealing its secrets.