| Description |
64 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm. |
| Series |
DK eyewitness books |
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DK eyewitness books.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
Text and photographs interweave biography and social history to provide an understanding of the historical setting of the Renaissance artists. |
| Contents |
What is the Renaissance? -- The impact of Giotto -- Painting in Siena -- Renaissance Florence -- Early Renaissance sculpture -- The courtly style -- The Brancacci Chapel -- Flemish naturalism -- The artist's craft -- Images of devotion -- Classical inspiration -- The "invention" of perspective -- Harmony and beauty -- Botticelli and mythology -- The rise of landscape -- The genius of Leonardo -- Leonardo's explorations -- Dürer's pioneering role -- The Reformation -- The Venetian State -- Titian, master of color -- The High Renaissance -- Rome's renewal -- Raphael's Vatican rooms -- Michaelangelo's "divine" powers -- The Sistine ceiling -- The North and Italy -- Mannerism -- Chronology -- Glossary; Featured works -- Index; Acknowledgements. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader Grades 5-8 11 1 SD Quiz 89247 English non-fiction. |
| Subject |
Art, Renaissance.
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Art, Renaissance.
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Art, Renaissance. (OCoLC)fst00816786
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| Genre/Form |
Literature. (OCoLC)fst01921716
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Nonfiction.
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Literature.
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| ISBN |
078945582X |
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9780789455826 |
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0789466244 |
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9780789466242 |
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0789461757 |
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9780789461759 |
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