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Artists' Biographies
- Beato (Fra) Angelico
- Umberto Boccioni
- Sandro Botticelli
- Il Bronzino
- Michelangelo Buonarroti
- Giovanni Canaletto
- Michelangelo Caravaggio
- Leonardo Da Vinci
- Giorgio De Chirico
- Orazio & Artemisia Gentileschi
- Alberto Giacometti
- Giorgio Giorgione
- Giotto Di Bondone
- Fra Filippo Lippi
- Bernardino Luini
- Marino Marini
- Masaccio
- Amedeo Modigliani
- Raphael
- Dante Rossetti
- Giovanni Tiepolo
- Tintoretto
- Paolo Uccello
An introduction to Italian art
The Italian art developed in the Italian peninsula since prehistoric times. During the Roman Empire, Italy was the center of an artistic culture that for the first time created a universal language for the homogeneous world of Europe and the Mediterranean. In some periods of Italy was the country's most artistically advanced in Europe.
During prehistoric times some cultures flourished in Italy, among which the Valcamonica, the Villanova, that of the Piceno and that of the Samnites.
The Magna Graecia and Sicily was one of the most culturally active greek world. Among the most important evidence has come down to us are the temples of Agrigento, Selinunte and Paestum.
The Etruscan art, which counts among its masterpieces works in bronze, terracotta, Buccheri and fresco paintings, was the most important cultural expression of pre-Roman Italy. Noteworthy were the contacts with the Magna Greece and the cultural contribution to the nascent Roman art.
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History of Italian Renaissance Art
A broad survey of art and architecture in Italy between c. 1250 and 1600, this book approaches the works from the point of view of the artist as individual creator and as an expression of the city within which the artist was working.
History of Italian Renaissance Art, Seventh Edition, brings you an updated understanding of this pivotal period as it incorporates new research and current art historical thinking, while also maintaining the integrity of the story that Frederick Hartt first told so enthusiastically many years ago.
Choosing to retain Frederick Hartt's traditional framework, David Wilkins' incisive revisions keep the book fresh and up-to-date.
History of Italian Renaissance Art, Seventh Edition, brings you an updated understanding of this pivotal period as it incorporates new research and current art historical thinking, while also maintaining the integrity of the story that Frederick Hartt first told so enthusiastically many years ago.
Choosing to retain Frederick Hartt's traditional framework, David Wilkins' incisive revisions keep the book fresh and up-to-date.