The Intellectual Life of the Early Renaissance Artist
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: May 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780300083040
Subjects: Renaissance art; 15th-16th Century Art; Art; Art & Art Instruction; History - Renaissance; Art / General; History - General; 15th century; 16th century; Art, Renaissance; Artists; Europe; Intellectual life
Description: "This book explores how early Renaissance artists gained recognition for the intellectual foundations of their activities and achieved artistic autonomy from enlightened patrons. A leading authority on Renaissance art, Francis Ames-Lewis traces the ways in which the social and intellectual concerns of painters and sculptors brought about the acceptance of their work as a liberal art, alongside other arts like poetry.

He charts the development of the idea of the artist as a creative genius with a distinct identity and individuality."--BOOK JACKET.