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Images of Humanist Ideals in Italian Renaissance Art

Author : Charles H. Carman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780773478046
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Images of Humanist Ideals in Italian Renaissance Art written by Charles H. Carman and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carman (art history, State U. of New York-Buffalo) finds in civic humanism a resolution to a tension between an active life and one devoted to heavenly contemplation in 15th-century Italy, and uses it as a frame to view Renaissance culture. He explores the role artists played and the extent to which their painting, sculpture, and architecture expresses some sense of both experiential and spiritual consciousness. Each of the six essays, many first delivered as papers, analyzes a particular quality in some of the major works within the canon. Their topics include human dignity, a Renaissance microcosm, the poetry of painting, and the mind triumphant. The text is double spaced; the reproductions are monochrome. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Leon Battista Alberti and Nicholas Cusanus

Author : Charles H. Carman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317105729
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Book Synopsis Leon Battista Alberti and Nicholas Cusanus by : Charles H. Carman

Download or read book Leon Battista Alberti and Nicholas Cusanus written by Charles H. Carman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-22 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing a fresh evaluation of Alberti’s text On Painting (1435), along with comparisons to various works of Nicholas Cusanus - particularly his Vision of God (1450) - this study reveals a shared epistemology of vision. And, the author argues, it is one that reflects a more deeply Christian Neoplatonic ideal than is typically accorded Alberti. Whether regarding his purpose in teaching the use of a geometric single point perspective system, or more broadly in rendering forms naturalistically, the emphasis leans toward the ideal of Renaissance art as highly rational. There remains the impression that the principle aim of the painter is to create objective, even illusionistic images. A close reading of Alberti’s text, however, including some adjustments in translation, points rather towards an emphasis on discerning the spiritual in the material. Alberti’s use of the tropes Minerva and Narcissus, for example, indicates the opposing characteristics of wisdom and sense certainty that function dialectically to foster the traditional importance of seeing with the eye of the intellect rather than merely with physical eyes. In this sense these figures also set the context for his, and, as the author explains, Brunelleschi’s earlier invention of this perspective system that posits not so much an objective seeing as an opposition of finite and infinite seeing, which, moreover, approximates Cusanus’s famous notion of a coincidence of opposites. Together with Alberti’s and Cusanus’s ideals of vision, extensive analysis of art works discloses a ubiquitous commitment to stimulating an intellectual perception of divine, essential, and unseen realities that enliven the visible material world.

Words for Pictures

Author : Michael Baxandall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780300176780
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book Words for Pictures written by Michael Baxandall and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Italian Renaissance was a creative period for art criticism as well as for art itself. The early efforts to give verbal accounts of visual representations and their quality throw light not only on the art of the period but also on art criticism at any time. This collection of papers by art historian and critic Michael Baxandall represents his thinking over the past forty years on the relation between language and art. He offers seven thought-provoking pieces, three of which are new and written specifically for this book. Focusing on works of the fifteenth century, Baxandall shows with fresh insight how words match the experience of looking at paintings and sculptures. The author introduces the basic Renaissance framework for art criticism and proceeds to explore various humanist critical writings of the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. He concludes with a major new essay on Piero della Francesca's Resurrection of Christ in which he probes the visual experience of a painting that criticism seeks to verbalize.

Low and High Style in Italian Renaissance Art

Author : Patricia Emison
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113652343X
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)

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Download or read book Low and High Style in Italian Renaissance Art written by Patricia Emison and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the later 15th and in the 16th centuries pictures began to be made without action, without place for heroism, pictures more rueful than celebratory. In part, Renaissance art adjusted to the social and economic pressures with an art we may be hard pressed to recognize under that same rubric-an art not so much of perfected nature as simply artless. Granted, the heroic and epic mode of the Renaissance was that practiced most self-consciously and proudly. Yet it is one of the accomplishments of Renaissance art that heroic and epic subjects and style occasionally made way for less affirmative subjects and compositional norms, for improvisation away from the Vitruvian ideal. The limits of idealizing art, during the very period denominated as High Renaissance, is a topic that involves us in the history of class prejudice, of gender stereotypes, of the conceptualization of the present, of attitudes toward the ordinary, and of scruples about the power of sight Exploring the low style leads us particularly to works of art intended for display in private settings as personally owned objects, potentially as signs of quite personal emotions rather than as subscriptions to publicly vaunted ideologies. Not all of them show shepherds or peasants; none of them-not even Giorgione's La tempesta -is a classic pastoral idyll. The rosso stile is to be understood as more comprehensive than that. The issue is not only who is represented, but whether the work can or cannot be fit into the mold of a basically affirmative art.

Revaluing Renaissance Art

Author : Gabriele Neher
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351739727
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (517 download)

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Download or read book Revaluing Renaissance Art written by Gabriele Neher and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-22 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 2000: Michelangelo gave his painting of "Leda and the Swan" to an apprentice rather than hand it over to the emissary of the Duke of Ferrar, who had commissioned it. He was apparently disgusted by the failure of the emissary - who was probably more used to buying pigs than discussing art - to accord the picture and the artist the value they deserved. Any discussion of works of art and material culture implicitly assigns them a set of values. Whether these values be monetary, cultural or religious, they tend to constrict the ways in which such works can be discussed. The variety of potential forms of valuation becomes particularly apparent during the Italian Renaissance, when relations between the visual arts and humanistic studies were undergoing rapid changes against an equally fluid social, economic and political background. In this volume, 13 scholars explicitly examine some of the complex ways in which a variety of values might be associated with Italian Renaissance material culture. Papers range from a consideration of the basic values of the materials employed by artists, to the manifestation of cultural values in attitudes to dress and domestic devotion. By illuminating some of the ways in which values were constructed, they provide a broader context within which to evaluate Renaissance material culture.

Lorenzo Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise

Author : Amy R. Bloch
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 131640465X
Total Pages : 874 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book Lorenzo Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise written by Amy R. Bloch and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-02-09 with total page 874 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the heretofore unsuspected complexity of Lorenzo Ghiberti's sculpted representations of Old Testament narratives in his Gates of Paradise (1425–52), the second set of doors he made for the Florence Baptistery and a masterpiece of Italian Renaissance sculpture. One of the most intellectually engaged and well-read artists of his age, Ghiberti found inspiration in ancient and medieval texts, many of which he and his contacts in Florence's humanist community shared, read, and discussed. He was fascinated by the science of vision, by the functioning of nature, and, above all, by the origins and history of art. These unusually well-defined intellectual interests, reflected in his famous Commentaries, shaped his approach in the Gates. Through the selection, imaginative interpretation, and arrangement of biblical episodes, Ghiberti fashioned multi-textured narratives that explore the human condition and express his ideas on a range of social, political, artistic, and philosophical issues.

The Living Image in Renaissance Art

Author : Fredrika H. Jacobs
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521821599
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (215 download)

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Download or read book The Living Image in Renaissance Art written by Fredrika H. Jacobs and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-04-11 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining research and ideas from the histories of art, medicine, and natural philosophy, this book demonstrates the significance of "lifelikeness" in Renaissance art and considers the implications of claims that a work of art is "a living thing." Critical language describing such works became codified. This period also witnessed the advent of early modern medicine and anatomical science. Sixteenth-century Italian Renaissance artists rendered images in painting and sculpture that are so higholy mimetic as to be nearly lifelike.

"Faith, Gender and the Senses in Italian Renaissance and Baroque Art "

Author : ErinE. Benay
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351567284
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book "Faith, Gender and the Senses in Italian Renaissance and Baroque Art " written by ErinE. Benay and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking the Noli me tangere and Doubting Thomas episodes as a focal point, this study examines how visual representations of two of the most compelling and related Christian stories engaged with changing devotional and cultural ideals in Renaissance and Baroque Italy. This book reconsiders depictions of the ambiguous encounter of Mary Magdalene and Christ in the garden (John 20:11-19, known as the Noli me tangere) and that of Christ?s post-Resurrection appearance to Thomas (John 20:24-29, the Doubting Thomas) as manifestations of complex theological and art theoretical milieus. By focusing on key artistic monuments of the Italian Renaissance and Baroque periods, the authors demonstrate a relationship between the rise of skeptical philosophy and empirical science, and the efficacy of the senses in the construction of belief. Further, the authors elucidate the differing representational strategies employed by artists to depict touch, and the ways in which these strategies were shaped by gender, social class, and educational level. Indeed, over time St. Thomas became an increasingly public--and therefore masculine--symbol of devotional verification, juridical inquiry, and empirical investigation, while St. Mary Magdalene provided a more private model for pious women, celebrating, mostly behind closed doors, the privileged and active participation of women in the faith. The authors rely on primary source material--paintings, sculptures, religious tracts, hagiography, popular sermons, and new documentary evidence. By reuniting their visual examples with important, often little-known textual sources, the authors reveal a complex relationship between visual imagery, the senses, contemporary attitudes toward gender, and the shaping of belief. Further, they add greater nuance to our understanding of the relationship between popular piety and the visual culture of the period.

The Impact of Humanism

Author : Margaret Lucille Kekewich
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300082210
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (822 download)

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Download or read book The Impact of Humanism written by Margaret Lucille Kekewich and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These are explored through a reassessment of the role of humanism, with case studies in music (Josquin Desprez), moral philosophy (Valla, Castiglione, Erasmus, More) and political thought (Machiavelli)." "This book is the first in a series of three specifically designed for the Open University course, The Renaissance in Europe: A Cultural Enquiry. The series is designed to appeal both to the general reader and to those studying undergraduate arts courses in the period."--BOOK JACKET.

Italian Art, 1250-1550

Author : Bruce Cole
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 9780064309042
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Italian Art, 1250-1550 written by Bruce Cole and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This survey of Italian Renaissance art, from a new and different perspective, shows how art was a vital part of society and how all types of art and artists reflected the needs and aspirations of the culture from which they arose. Most books on Renaissance art are based on a chronological study of the major artists and their works. In this book, Bruce Cole covers the major types of art from c. 1250 to c. 1550, discusses their origins and development, documents their use and function, and describes their form and how and why the artists shaped them that way. Art is thus firmly connected with the life and society of the Renaissance rather than viewed as a separate entity: painting and sculpture are seen in their proper context. After a wide-ranging introduction, there are chapters on Italian Renaissance art in relation to domestic life, worship, civic life, death and afterlife, and Renaissance images and ideals.

Humanism and Art

Author : Selwyn Brinton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Humanism and Art written by Selwyn Brinton and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Renaissance Thought and the Arts

Author : Paul Oskar Kristeller
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691020108
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Renaissance Thought and the Arts written by Paul Oskar Kristeller and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by an eminent authority on the Renaissance, this collection of essays focuses on topics such as humanist learning, humanist moral thought, the diffusion of humanism, Platonism, music and learning during the early Renaissance, and the modern system of arts in relation to the Renaissance.

Ficino and Fantasy

Author : Marieke J.E. van den Doel
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004459685
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Ficino and Fantasy written by Marieke J.E. van den Doel and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-12-13 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did the Florentine philosopher Marsilio Ficino (1433-99) influence the art of his time? This book starts with an exploration of Ficino’s views on the imagination and discusses whether, how and why these ideas may have been received in Italian Renaissance works of art.

Viewing Renaissance Art

Author : The Open University
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300123432
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (234 download)

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Download or read book Viewing Renaissance Art written by The Open University and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the values, priorities, and motives of patrons and the purposes and functions of art works produced north and south of the Alps and in post-Byzantine Crete. It begins by considering the social range and character of Renaissance patronage and ends with a study of Hans Holbein the Younger and the reform of religious images in Basle and England. Viewing Renaissance Art considers a wide range of audiences and patrons from the rulers of France to the poorest confraternities in Florence. The overriding premise is that art was not a neutral matter of stylistic taste but an aspect of material production in which values were invested--whether religious, cultural, social, or political.

Thoughts on Art and Life

Author : da Vinci Leonardo
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book Thoughts on Art and Life written by da Vinci Leonardo and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-25 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating collection of writings from the great polymath of the Italian Renaissaince, Leonardo da Vinci. Table of Content: Introduction I Thoughts on Life II Thoughts on Art III Thoughts on Science Bibliographical Note

The Intellectual Education of the Italian Renaissance Artist

Author : Angela Dressen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108918328
Total Pages : 731 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Intellectual Education of the Italian Renaissance Artist written by Angela Dressen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-09-02 with total page 731 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholars have traditionally viewed the Italian Renaissance artist as a gifted, but poorly educated craftsman whose complex and demanding works were created with the assistance of a more educated advisor. These assumptions are, in part, based on research that has focused primarily on the artist's social rank and workshop training. In this volume, Angela Dressen explores the range of educational opportunities that were available to the Italian Renaissance artist. Considering artistic formation within the history of education, Dressen focuses on the training of highly skilled, average artists, revealing a general level of learning that was much more substantial than has been assumed. She emphasizes the role of mediators who had a particular interest in augmenting artists' knowledge, and highlights how artists used Latin and vernacular texts to gain additional knowledge that they avidly sought. Dressen's volume brings new insights into a topic at the intersection of early modern intellectual, educational, and art history.

Italian Renaissance Humanism in the Mirror

Author : Patrick Baker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107111862
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Italian Renaissance Humanism in the Mirror written by Patrick Baker and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-09-29 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important study takes a new approach to understanding Italian Renaissance humanism, one of the most important cultural movements in Western history. Through a series of close textual studies, Patrick Baker explores the meaning that Italian Renaissance humanism had for an essential but neglected group: the humanists themselves.