The Social History of Art
Subtitle: Renaissance, Mannerism, Baroque (Social History of Art (Routledge))
Publisher: Routledge
Published: April 1, 1999
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780415199469
First sentence: This, the second text in Arnold Hauser's four-volume series The Social History of Art, begins with an account of that phenomenon held to be the foundation for the development of modern art in the West: the Renaissance, initially in Italy, and then spreading gradually throughout Europe.