Giotto and the Orators: Humanist Observers of Painting in Italy and the Discovery of Pictorial Composition

by Michael Baxandall

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This highly acclaimed volume examines the one firm bridge between the art of the humanists and the painters of the early Italian Renaissance: what Petrarch and other humanists wrote about painting. Baxandall surveys the main themes of their art criticism and describes how their language
conditioned their insights into painting.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0198173873

ISBN13:9780198173878

Release Date:December 1986

Publisher:Clarendon Press

Length:208 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 5.8" x 8.9"

Related Subjects

Art Arts, Music & Photography History & Criticism Painting

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