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History of Italian Renaissance Art | 
 enlarge | Authors: Frederick Hartt, David Wilkins
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Category: Book
List Price: $117.40
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 292457
Media: Paperback
Edition: 6th
Pages: 736
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.7
Dimensions (in): 11.4 x 8.5 x 1.3
ISBN: 0131882473
Dewey Decimal Number: 709.4509024
EAN: 9780131882478
ASIN: 0131882473
Publication Date: April 13, 2006
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P style="MARGIN: 0px; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" soNormalB/B This book focuses on works of art, their creators, and the circumstances affecting their creation. This revision is designed to provide readers with a more streamlined approach to understanding Italian Renaissance art without losing the enthusiasm and appreciation that Hartt demonstrated for this area and which earlier editions of this book conveyed so successfully. B/B Italy and Italian Art; Duecento Art in Tuscany and Rome; Florentine Art of the Early Trecento; Sienese Art of the Early Trecento; Later Gothic Art in Tuscany and Northern Italy; The Beginnings of Renaissance Architecture; Gothic and Renaissance in Tuscan Sculpture; Gothic and Renaissance in Florentine Painting; The Heritage of Masaccio and the Second Renaissance Style; The Second Renaissance Style in Architecture and Sculpture; Absolute and Perfect Painting: The Second Renaissance Style; Crisis and Crosscurrents; Science, Poetry, and Prose; The Renaissance in Central Italy; Gothic and Renaissance in Venice and Northern Italy; The High Renaissance in Florence; The High Renaissance in Rome; High Renaissance and Mannerism; High and Late Renaissance in Venice and on the Mainland; Michelangelo and the Maniera. /P
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History of Italian Renaissance Art Review September 15, 2008
C. Duncan
This book is beautiful and thorough, and even though I had to buy it for class, I am very glad that I did and will keep it when the semester is over. The price was right and I love the book.
A Classic March 22, 2008
Ross C. Anderson
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a wonderful introduction to Italian Renaissance art, completely accessible and scholarly at the same time. Not to be read in one sitting though. An hour at a time is enough. Good for use as a college text as well. Don't feel you have to read every page. If your interest flags, go on to another section where you find the art more appealing.
Christmas present January 24, 2008
Martha Holloway
Gave it to my husband for Christmas. He likes it very much and he is very fussy about books.
Simply One Of The Best Books Ever! October 20, 2007
D. Plouffe (West Covina, CA USA)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
I don't give 5-star ratings very often. I reserve them for only the best, and this is indeed the best Italian Renaissance book. I received my undergraduate degree in art history and this was the text used in my Italian Renaissance class. Now, I am completing my master's and we are using the same text, updated edition. It does not read as a textbook for those considering leisure reading. It reads like art history books by Marilyn Stokstad. It is written in easy to understand language, with chapters being grouped by years. There are a TON of pictures! I would say 50% of the book is pictures and 95% of those are in color. There are a few BW pictures but they are of obscure sculptures or paintings. The book was originally written by Frederick Harrt who was one of the 'Monument Men' in World War II who went around Italy documenting art, missing, damaged, or otherwise. He has passed away but David Wilkins has kept up on the new editions with the current scholarship being done in Renaissance Art. Whether you get this as a textbook for a class, or leisure reading, a coffee table book perhaps, or even a Christmas book for a hard-to-but-for relative, it is well worth the money.
 Good as new? February 20, 2007
roderick (Western NY)
0 out of 15 found this review helpful
Its a subjective opinion "Good as New" - I would not give this description to the book I received. It was in Good condition, but definitely NOT "Good as New" - The book looked well used but not abused - Oh well, its a great book and will be well used again and again and again.
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