Art of the Italian Renaissance

Second Hand (Hardcover)

Excellent Condition

The eminent art historian André Chastel offers a fresh accessible introduction to the paintings of the Italian Renaissance.

All the great masters of the period are treated here -- Giotto, Duccio, Masaccio, Piero della Francesca, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Titian among them.

Chastel takes a new approach to introduce the period 1350-1575 by focusing on individual works and the contemporary sources that pertain to them. His study of such documents as contracts, work orders, receipts of payment, and critical writings of the time reveals fascinating details about the lives of the artists, the conditions of their everyday existence, the progress of their paintings, and the place that their art occupied in the life of their critics.

Enriched with 60 colour plates and 140 black-and-white illustrations, this handsome book will delight anyone interested in the Italian Renaissance, its history, and its art.