Author: A. Lawrence Jenkens
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271090871
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The art of Renaissance Siena is usually viewed in the light of developments and accomplishments achieved elsewhere, but Sienese artists were part of a dynamic dialogue that was shaped by their city’s internal political turmoil, diplomatic relationships with its neighbors, internal social hierarchies, and struggle for self-definition. These essays lead scholars in a new and exciting direction in the study of the art of Renaissance Siena, exploring the cultural dynamics of the city and its art in a specifically Sienese context. This volume shapes a new understanding of Sienese culture in the early modern period and defines the questions scholars will continue to ask for years to come. What emerges is a picture of Renaissance Siena as a city focused on meeting the challenges of the time while formulating changes to shape its future. Central to these changes are the city’s efforts to fashion a civic identity through the visual arts.
Renaissance Siena
Author: A. Lawrence Jenkens
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271090871
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The art of Renaissance Siena is usually viewed in the light of developments and accomplishments achieved elsewhere, but Sienese artists were part of a dynamic dialogue that was shaped by their city’s internal political turmoil, diplomatic relationships with its neighbors, internal social hierarchies, and struggle for self-definition. These essays lead scholars in a new and exciting direction in the study of the art of Renaissance Siena, exploring the cultural dynamics of the city and its art in a specifically Sienese context. This volume shapes a new understanding of Sienese culture in the early modern period and defines the questions scholars will continue to ask for years to come. What emerges is a picture of Renaissance Siena as a city focused on meeting the challenges of the time while formulating changes to shape its future. Central to these changes are the city’s efforts to fashion a civic identity through the visual arts.
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271090871
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The art of Renaissance Siena is usually viewed in the light of developments and accomplishments achieved elsewhere, but Sienese artists were part of a dynamic dialogue that was shaped by their city’s internal political turmoil, diplomatic relationships with its neighbors, internal social hierarchies, and struggle for self-definition. These essays lead scholars in a new and exciting direction in the study of the art of Renaissance Siena, exploring the cultural dynamics of the city and its art in a specifically Sienese context. This volume shapes a new understanding of Sienese culture in the early modern period and defines the questions scholars will continue to ask for years to come. What emerges is a picture of Renaissance Siena as a city focused on meeting the challenges of the time while formulating changes to shape its future. Central to these changes are the city’s efforts to fashion a civic identity through the visual arts.
The Piccolomini Library in the Cathedral of Siena
Author: Piero Misciattelli
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mural painting and decoration
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mural painting and decoration
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
The Context and Function of the Piccolomini Library and Its Frescoes
Author: Stratton Devon Green
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Europe (c.1400-1458)
Author: Pope Pius II
Publisher: CUA Press
ISBN: 081322182X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
This popular text circulated widely in manuscript form and was printed in several editions between the late 15th and the early 18th centuries, in Latin, German, and Italian. The present volume represents the first time this work has been translated into English, bringing its colorful narrative to the attention of a wider audience. This edition also provides extensive footnotes, an appendix of rulers, and a lengthy introduction to Aeneas?s life and the context and relevance of this work.
Publisher: CUA Press
ISBN: 081322182X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
This popular text circulated widely in manuscript form and was printed in several editions between the late 15th and the early 18th centuries, in Latin, German, and Italian. The present volume represents the first time this work has been translated into English, bringing its colorful narrative to the attention of a wider audience. This edition also provides extensive footnotes, an appendix of rulers, and a lengthy introduction to Aeneas?s life and the context and relevance of this work.
Plague and Pleasure
Author: Arthur White
Publisher: CUA Press
ISBN: 0813226813
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
Plague and Pleasure is a lively popular history that introduces a new hypothesis about the impetus behind the cultural change in Renaissance Italy. The Renaissance coincided with a period of chronic, constantly recurring plague, unremitting warfare and pervasive insecurity. Consequently, people felt a need for mental escape to alternative, idealized realities, distant in time or space from the unendurable present but made vivid to the imagination through literature, art, and spectacle.
Publisher: CUA Press
ISBN: 0813226813
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
Plague and Pleasure is a lively popular history that introduces a new hypothesis about the impetus behind the cultural change in Renaissance Italy. The Renaissance coincided with a period of chronic, constantly recurring plague, unremitting warfare and pervasive insecurity. Consequently, people felt a need for mental escape to alternative, idealized realities, distant in time or space from the unendurable present but made vivid to the imagination through literature, art, and spectacle.
The Pavement Masters of Siena (1369-1562)
Author: Robert H. Hobart Cust
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
"The Pavement Masters of Siena (1369-1562)" by Robert H. Hobart Cust. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
"The Pavement Masters of Siena (1369-1562)" by Robert H. Hobart Cust. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
The Crusades and Visual Culture
Author: LauraJ Whatley
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351545264
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
The crusades, whether realized or merely planned, had a profound impact on medieval and early modern societies. Numerous scholars in the fields of history and literature have explored the influence of crusading ideas, values, aspirations and anxieties in both the Latin States and Europe. However, there have been few studies dedicated to investigating how the crusading movement influenced and was reflected in medieval visual cultures. Written by scholars from around the world working in the domains of art history and history, the essays in this volume examine the ways in which ideas of crusading were realized in a broad variety of media (including manuscripts, cartography, sculpture, mural paintings, and metalwork). Arguing implicitly for recognition of the conceptual frameworks of crusades that transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries, the volume explores the pervasive influence and diverse expression of the crusading movement from the twelfth through the fifteenth centuries.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351545264
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
The crusades, whether realized or merely planned, had a profound impact on medieval and early modern societies. Numerous scholars in the fields of history and literature have explored the influence of crusading ideas, values, aspirations and anxieties in both the Latin States and Europe. However, there have been few studies dedicated to investigating how the crusading movement influenced and was reflected in medieval visual cultures. Written by scholars from around the world working in the domains of art history and history, the essays in this volume examine the ways in which ideas of crusading were realized in a broad variety of media (including manuscripts, cartography, sculpture, mural paintings, and metalwork). Arguing implicitly for recognition of the conceptual frameworks of crusades that transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries, the volume explores the pervasive influence and diverse expression of the crusading movement from the twelfth through the fifteenth centuries.
The Story of Siena and San Gimignano
Author: Edmund G. Gardner
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: University of Michigan. Museum of Art
Publisher: UM Libraries
ISBN:
Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Publisher: UM Libraries
ISBN:
Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
The Piccolomini Library in Siena Cathedral
Author: Idilio Dell'Era
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Illumination of books and manuscripts
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Illumination of books and manuscripts
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description