Appropriate for undergraduate courses after the introductory survey. Suitable also as supplement to the introductory survey. Suitable also for junior-senior-level and specialized courses. Part of Prentice Hall's new Perspectives series of moderately priced, heavily illustrated, high-quality paperback books on specific subjects in art history, this book discusses the art of Rome in the Renaissance in the context of its patronage.
Written by highly respected author Loren Partridge.
Places art movements and art works in their historical, cultural, and political context, giving the student a sense of art's place in the world, as well as its importance.
Integrates a wealth of illustrations with high-quality color printing.
Offers an extremely manageable price, size and scope for undergraduate readers, but quality of scholarship is also suitable for graduate-level courses.
Includes a framework of timelines, bibliographies, and other pedagogical apparatus.
Analyzes art and artists from a contextual perspective--the New Art History, rather than formalist.
Communicates at a level that is accessible to the common reader and the student.
Draws on the latest scholarship, providing fresh, current information and insights.
Discusses the extraordinary works of art and architecture sponsored by the popes and Roman noble families--churches, palaces, villas, paintings, frescoes, fountains, sculptures, and illustrated books. Includes urban planning and design.
I. INTRODUCTION - PATRONAGE AND POPES: SAINTS OR SINNERS:
1. Urbanism: Rotting Cadavers and the New Jerusalem.
2. Churches: Harmony of Spheres and Construction Chaos.
3. Palaces: Magnificence and Mayhem.
4. Altarpieces: Spirit and Matter.
5. Chapel Decoration: Space, Time and Eternity.
6. Halls of State: Arts of Power.
Conclusion - 1600 and Beyond
Timeline.
Bibliography.
Picture Credits.
Index.
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