Sculpture in Italy : 1400 to 1500
1966, 1st edition. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 295 pages; Physical description: xxiv, 295 p : illus. , [160] leaves of plates ; 27 cm. Summary: A survey of an important century in the development of European art, and of European sculpture in particular. The subject is presented programme by programme as the new style of the 15th century emerged and took its characteristic form. Focus is on the style itself rather than individual artists. Subjects: Sculpture - Italy - 15th century. Sculpture, Italian - History. Sculpture, Renaissance - Italy. Contents: Part 1: introduction - background and conditions for 15th century sculpture in Italy. Part 2: emergence of personalities and principles, Tuscany 1390-1410; new directions, Tuscany 1410-20. Part 3: definition, 1425-35; consolidation, 1435-50; elaboration, 1450-65. Part 4: regionalism and eclecticism, 1465-1500; activism and realism, 1465-95; intermezzo - Northern Italy, 1465-1500; coda - Florence, 1485-1500. Item #209685
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