In this series accomplished authors accurately cover a range of subjects using up-to-date methodologies and impressive visual formats. This is the first book to present a broad overview of the art of the Renaissance from Northern Europe within its historical context. KEY TOPICS: It includes well known works and artists as well as a diverse selection of novel and intriguing images. It discusses issues and ideas of interest today, such as the status of women, elite vs. popular inspiration, and art as an instrument of propaganda, among others and provides comprehensive coverage of the Netherlands, Germany, and France in the 15th and 16th centuries.

The Mirror of the Artist: Northern Renaissance Art in Its Historical Context

Arts & Photography

Harbison, Craig

History & Criticism

Prentice Hall/Harry N. Abrams

When we look at the soaring spaces of Chartres cathedral or the shimmering pages of a gilded and painted manuscript, we are witnesses to a new kind of vision. In this radical reappraisal of Gothic art in Europe, the word 'Gothic' describes not only an art style but a changing concepts of space, time, and society...a new kind of perception, both visual and spiritual, in which light is of central importance. Camille shows us how the art of the 13th and 14th centuries was seen in its own time and explores the way vision itself was understood. In this age of glorious painting, magnificent, intricate architecture and sculpture, and jewel-like manuscript illumination, art was an expression of religious passion and earthly power, of public and private wealth; of science and learning. The new vision led to an explosion of brilliant images but had its grim side, rarely noticed by art history; the distorted representation of 'others' like Jews, heretics, and lepers; a new vision not only of the marvelous, but also of the grotesque. This book stands in contrast to traditional art-historical approaches, which often concentrate on the technology of architecture and the minutiae of iconography. Unusual elements such as a discussion of the Gothic Revival movement of the 19th century provide a broad scope, while artworks from London to Prague, from Scandinavia to southern Spain reveal the gothic to be a truly international style.

Gothic Art: Glorious Visions (Perspectives)

Michael Camille

History

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Northern Renaissance Art: Painting, Sculpture, the Graphic Arts From 1350 to 1575

Snyder, James C.

"This is the most comprehensive presentation of modern art to date. In it, through word and image, the story of art-history-in-the-making is told. It is a magnificent story, reaffirming the past century as one of the great ages of art and architecture.The book is intended for the student and the general reader who wants to know where modern art came from, how it has developed, why it has taken the forms it has taken, how it continues and how it differs from earlier art; and, most important, how to look at it with understanding and enjoyment. It deals with new attitudes toward the materials of art and architecture, new expressive and aesthetic aims, new concepts of use and function in the arts, and new ways to involve the viewer or, in the case of architecture, the user."

History of Modern Art:Painting, Sculpture, Architecture

H.H. Arnason

More than seven hundred illustrations mark a comprehensive discussion of the arts of the African continent, including Egypt, exploring the continent's artistic, as opposed to purely cultural, traditions and discussing a wide variety of art forms, including textiles, ceramics, and personal adornment.

A History of Art in Africa

Monica Blackmun Visonà

Robin Poynor

Herbert M. Cole

Michael D. Harris

Rowland Abiodun

Literature & Fiction

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