Painting and experience in fifteenth-century Italy av Michael Baxandall

Häftad. Oxford University Press. 1988. 182 sidor. A primer in the social history of pictorial style. Second edition. Gott skick. Illustrerad. ISBN 019282144X. Vikt: 259 g.

Baksidestext: This book is both an introduction to fifteenth-century Italian painting, and a primer in how to read social history out of the style of pictures. It examines the commercial practise of the early Renaissance picture, trade in contracts, letters, and accounts; and it explains how the visual skills and habits envolved in the daily life of any society enter into its painters´style. Renaissance painting is related for instance to experience of such activities as preaching, dancing, and gauging barrels. For this new edition, the author has added, in an appendix, the original Latin and Italian texts referred to throughout the book, giving the student access to all the relevant, authentic sources. Michael Baxandall is Professor of the History of the Classical Tradition at the Warburg Institute, University of London.