Representing Renaissance art, c. 1500-c. 1600
By: Catherine E. King.
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Manchester; New York; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave
Language: eng
Number of pages: 353
ISBN-13: 9780719075568; 9780719075575
Subjects: Artists and models in art.; Symbolism in art -- Italy.; Symbolism in art -- Netherlands.; Art, Renaissance -- Italy.; Art, Italian -- 16th century.; Art, Renaissance -- Netherlands.; Art, Dutch -- 16th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-345) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Painting, sculpture and architecture; title: liberal or practical arts?; title: Disegno/design; title: New types of commemorative portrayals; title: Patron saints as exemplars; title: Mercury as protector of artists: from astrology to mythology; title: Allegories; title: Programmes of decoration for artists' houses; title: Conclusion.