{"product_id":"comp-renaissance-and-baroque-a-hardcover","title":"Comp Renaissance and Baroque A - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBabette Bohn\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJames M. Saslow\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDana Arnold\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Renaissance and Baroque Art\u003c\/i\u003e provides a diverse, fresh collection of accessible, comprehensive essays addressing key issues for European art produced between 1300 and 1700, a period that might be termed the beginning of modern history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents a collection of original, in-depth essays from art experts that address various aspects of European visual arts produced from circa 1300 to 1700\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDivided into five broad conceptual headings: Social-Historical Factors in Artistic Production; Creative Process and Social Stature of the Artist; The Object: Art as Material Culture; The Message: Subjects and Meanings; and The Viewer, the Critic, and the Historian: Reception and Interpretation as Cultural Discourse\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers many topics not typically included in collections of this nature, such as Judaism and the arts, architectural treatises, the global Renaissance in arts, the new natural sciences and the arts, art and religion, and gender and sexuality\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures essays on the arts of the domestic life, sexuality and gender, and the art and production of tapestries, conservation\/technology, and the metaphor of theater\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFocuses on Western and Central Europe and that territory's interactions with neighboring civilizations and distant discoveries\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes illustrations as well as links to images not included in the book \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough the masterpieces produced by artists ranging from Michelangelo and Leonardo to Rembrandt, Rubens, and Vermeer, Europe's Renaissance and Baroque period grew into one of the most creative times in world history. \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Renaissance and Baroque Art\u003c\/i\u003e presents a comprehensive collection of interdisciplinary essays that address major aspects of European visual arts produced from approximately 1300 to 1700, a period of artistic flourishing that many consider the beginning of modern history. These essays, however, transcend the traditional period labels of \"Renaissance\" and \"Baroque\" by addressing works from Duccio and Chaucer to Velazquez and Newton as a single continuum, inclusive in terms of both disciplinary and geographical boundaries, as an era best characterized as \"early modern.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing original contributions by an international roster of scholars from various disciplines, writings are grouped by concept in five sections that spotlight the varied components and processes that constitute the world of the visual arts and the variety of interpretive methods and ideas that can be, and have been, brought to bear on art objects. Essays explore how art interacts with the cultural paradigms of this explosive time: the interface between art and religion, art and science, and gender and sexuality to name a few.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCombining an unprecedented breadth of coverage and depth of scholarship with lucid and accessible writing, \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Renaissance and Baroque Art\u003c\/i\u003e represents the most comprehensive reference on the study of Renaissance and Baroque visual arts available today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBabette Bohn\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Art History at Texas Christian University. Her publications include two books on Italian prints, \u003ci\u003eAgostino Carracci\u003c\/i\u003e (1995) and \u003ci\u003eItalian Masters of the Sixteenth Century\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), and two on the drawings of \u003ci\u003eLudovico Carracci\u003c\/i\u003e (2004) and \u003ci\u003eGuido Reni\u003c\/i\u003e (2008).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames M. Saslow\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Art History, Theatre, and Renaissance Studies at Queens College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. His most recent book, \u003ci\u003ePictures and Passions: A History of Homosexuality in the Visual Arts\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), received two awards from the Lambda Literary Foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 648\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.8 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 12, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457719714045,"sku":"9781444337266","price":97.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/NWwzTThTZmQ0bVlDVnR1OU5ReEIwdz09.webp?v=1777242930","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/comp-renaissance-and-baroque-a-hardcover","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}