Renaissance

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Renaissance

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9780789455826

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London ; New York : Dorling Kindersley, c2000.

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64 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

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Includes index.

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Searching... Stillwater Public Library	Q J 709.024 COL	Searching... Unknown

Discover the art of the Northern and Italian Renaissance, from the 14th to 16th centuries. Full-color illustrations.

What is the Renaissance?	p. 6
The impact of Giotto	p. 8
Painting in Siena	p. 10
Renaissance Florence	p. 12
Early Renaissance sculpture	p. 14
The courtly style	p. 16
The Brancacci Chapel	p. 18
Flemish naturalism	p. 20
The artist's craft	p. 22
Images of devotion	p. 24
Classical inspiration	p. 26
The "invention" of perspective	p. 28
Harmony and beauty	p. 30
Botticelli and mythology	p. 32
The rise of landscape	p. 34
The genius of Leonardo	p. 36
Leonardo's explorations	p. 38
Durer's pioneering role	p. 40
The Reformation	p. 42
The Venetian State	p. 44
Titian, master of color	p. 46
The High Renaissance	p. 48
Rome's renewal	p. 50
Raphael's Vatican rooms	p. 52
Michelangelo's "divine" powers	p. 54
The Sistine ceiling	p. 56
The North and Italy	p. 58
Mannerism	p. 60
Chronology	p. 62
Glossary; Featured works	p. 63
Index; Acknowledgments	p. 64