1st Edition

The Renaissance Artist At Work From Pisano To Titian

By Bruce Cole Copyright 1983
    226 Pages
    by Routledge

    227 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book gives the necessary background for the study and appreciation of Italian painting and sculpture from about 1250 to 1550. It tells how the artists learned their craft, the organization of their workshops, and the guilds they belonged to; how their customers or patrons treated them and where their work was displayed?churches, civic buildings, or private homes. The book discusses how art was made?tempera, oil, panel, canvas, fresco; it surveys the characteristic types of Renaissance art?altarpieces, portraits, tombs, busts, doors fountains, medals, etc.

    * Introduction * The Artist in Society * The Materials of Renaissance Art * The Types of Renaissance Art

    Biography

    Bruce Cole