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Art of Renaissance Florence, 1400-1600, Loren Partridge

Label
Art of Renaissance Florence, 1400-1600, Loren Partridge
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
resource.governmentPublication
government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
Illustrations
platesillustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Art of Renaissance Florence, 1400-1600
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
317461607
Responsibility statement
Loren Partridge
Review
"In this absorbing illustrated history, history. Loren Partridge takes the reader on an insightful tour of Renaissance Florence and sheds new light on its celebrated art and culture by examining the city's great architectural and artistic achievements in their political, intellectual, and religious contexts. This essential and accessible text. the only up-to-date volume on Renaissance Florence currently available, incorporates insights from recent scholarship. including gender studies, while emphasizing the artists' social status, rivalries, and innovations. The result is a multileveled exploration of how the celebrated Florentine culture formally registers in specific works of art or architecture and how these works interactively informed and often shaped the culture."--BOOK JACKET
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