10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE HIGH RENAISSANCE»
Discover the use of
the High Renaissance in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
the High Renaissance and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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High Renaissance Art in St. Peter's and
the Vatican: An ...
He gives us the story behind the works, telling us what their particular themes signified at the time for the artist, the papacy, and the Church. He also indicates how the art was received by contemporaries and viewed by later generations.
2
Rethinking
the High Renaissance:
The Culture of
the Visual ...
Exploring how we can reconceptualize the High Renaissance in a way that reflects how we research and teach today, this volume complicates and deepens our understanding of artistic change.
3
From Poliziano to Machiavelli: Florentine Humanism in
the ...
The book concludes with an appendix, drawn from previously inaccessible archives, about the censorship of Machiavelli by the Inquisition and the Index.
4
The Culture of
the High Renaissance: Ancients and Moderns in ...
Between 1480 and 1520, a concentration of talented artists, including Melozzo da Forli, Bramante, Pinturrichio, Raphael and Michelangelo, arrived in Rome and produced some of the most enduring works of art ever created.
5
History of Art:
The Western Tradition
It used to be taken for granted that the High Renaissance followed the Early
Renaissance as inevitably as night follows day. The great masters of the
sixteenth century — Leonardo, Bramante, Michelangelo, Raphael, Giorgione,
Titian — were ...
Horst Woldemar Janson, Anthony F. Janson, 2004
6
Moral essays on
the High Renaissance: art in Italy in
the ...
Looking at these artists from an ethical point of view, these provocative essays set out to discover and describe the moral basis of High Renaissance art.
7
Tvllio Lombardo and Venetian
High Renaissance Sculpture
Their expression shares much with Mantegna, Bellini, Giorgione, and Titian in these painters' imaginative evocations of ancient history, mythology, philosophy, and poetry.Featuring a range of Tullio's work, including his sensuous and ...
Critical study of the period emphasizing the three major arts of painting, sculpture, and architecture.
9
Culture and Values, Volume II: A Survey of
the Humanities ...
The leading architect of the whole of northern Italy in the High Renaissance, the
only one to rival the achievements of Tuscan architects of the caliber of Alberti
and Michelangelo, was Andrea di Pietro (1508–1580)— better known by his ...
Lawrence Cunningham, John Reich, 2009
10
The High Renaissance: Italian Painting
Essays on the period, illustrated by the works of famous artists.
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE HIGH RENAISSANCE»
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Is the Vatican Recognizing LGBT Equality through Renaissance Art?
... the famous frescos adorning the walls of the historic Sistine Chapel, the principal watering hole for the High Renaissance, among other places in Vatican City. «The Nonprofit Quarterly, Jan 15»
Youville Place in Lexington exhibits painting from high renaissance
This fall, Youville Place Assisted Living in Lexington hosted a special exhibition of a painting dating back to the High Renaissance: Gianfrancesco Penni's Holy ... «Wicked Local Lexington, Nov 14»
Raphael's Deposition: Renaissance masterpiece warped by Rome …
In the heat and humidity of the Italian summer, the High Renaissance master's Deposition, which shows Christ being carried from the cross, became deformed, ... «The Independent, Sep 14»
Twitter Fights of the High Renaissance: Michelangelo, Leonardo da …
A blog and video that recently appeared on the HuffingtonPost Arts page -- Why Leonardo Da Vinci Was A Loser (And What That Means For You) -- has ... «Huffington Post, Aug 14»
