The Renaissance: European Painting 1400-1600
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A landmark survey of Western art history, The Renaissance: European Painting 1400-1600 chronicles two centuries of transformative artistic achievement across Italy, Flanders, Germany, and beyond. Charles McCorquodale presents a richly illustrated panorama of the era's greatest masters — from Botticelli and Leonardo da Vinci to Raphael, Titian, and Dürer — tracing the evolution of technique, patronage, and humanist ideology that reshaped European civilisation. The work argues that Renaissance painting was not merely a stylistic revolution but a profound reimagining of the human form, sacred narrative, and the natural world. Authoritative yet accessible in tone, it details the social and cultural forces that drove artistic innovation from the early Quattrocento through the High Renaissance and into the Mannerist period. An essential reference for art lovers and scholars alike, it remains one of the most comprehensive single-volume treatments of this pivotal age in painting.
Author: Charles Mccorquodale
Format: Hardback
Published: 1994, Studio Editions
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Hardcover - dust jacket
Secondhand book: generally 'Very Good' to 'Excellent'. These are books which may have some slight wear and tear or sun fading on the edges. There may be an inscription at the front.
A landmark survey of Western art history, The Renaissance: European Painting 1400-1600 chronicles two centuries of transformative artistic achievement across Italy, Flanders, Germany, and beyond. Charles McCorquodale presents a richly illustrated panorama of the era's greatest masters — from Botticelli and Leonardo da Vinci to Raphael, Titian, and Dürer — tracing the evolution of technique, patronage, and humanist ideology that reshaped European civilisation. The work argues that Renaissance painting was not merely a stylistic revolution but a profound reimagining of the human form, sacred narrative, and the natural world. Authoritative yet accessible in tone, it details the social and cultural forces that drove artistic innovation from the early Quattrocento through the High Renaissance and into the Mannerist period. An essential reference for art lovers and scholars alike, it remains one of the most comprehensive single-volume treatments of this pivotal age in painting.