Italian Renaissance painting according to genres
By: Jacob Burckhardt ; introduction by Maurizio Ghelardi ; translation by David Britt and Caroline Beamish.
Series: Texts & documents
Publisher: Getty Research Institute
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Los Angeles, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
Subjects: Painting, Renaissance -- Italy -- Themes, motives; Painting, Italian -- Themes, motives
Work titles: Malerei nach Inhalt und Aufgaben.
Notes: "Translation of Jacob Burckhardt, 'Die Malerei nach Inhalt und Aufgaben' (Jacob Burckhardt-Archiv, Privat-Archiv, Staatsarchiv Basel-Stadt, Basel), by David Britt ; translation of Maurizio Ghelardi's introductory essay by Caroline Beamish and David Britt"--Prelim.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: On allegory; title: The cycles; title: Paintings in monasteries; title: Confraternities; title: Paintings in hospitals; title: Ceremonial paintings; title: Orbis terrarum; title: Frescoes of obloquy; title: Sala del Maggior Consiglio; title: Secular history painting; title: Mythological painting; title: On animal painting.