{"product_id":"a-companion-to-renaissance-and-baroque-art-hardback-9781444337266","title":"A Companion to Renaissance and Baroque Art (Hardback) 9781444337266","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Companion to Renaissance and Baroque Art\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An enlightening and enabling companion to the study of Renaissance and Baroque art history from the classic heartland of the discipline to the latest frontiers.”\u003cbr\u003e - \u003ci\u003eJoseph Connors, Harvard University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Focusing on the Renaissance and Baroque periods, this collection demonstrates for scholars and students alike where art history has been and where it is going.”\u003cbr\u003e - \u003ci\u003eDavid G. Wilkins, Professor Emeritus of the History of Art and Architecture, University of Pittsburg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The editors have gathered some of the best-known scholars of Renaissance and Baroque art history to create a vibrant picture of contemporary thinking about Early Modern art, in a collection usefully organized by categories of particular interest today.”\u003cbr\u003e - \u003ci\u003eMary D. Garrard, Professor Emerita, American University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBabette Bohn (Edited by), B Bohn (Author), James M. Saslow (Edited by), Dana Arnold (Series edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781444337266, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 22 February 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e648 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 18.2 x 3 cm, 1.284 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The comprehensive collection of essays addresses major aspects of European visual arts produced in 1300-1700. This book offers developments in the sphere of theory and criticism with the changing tastes, attitudes, and goals among patrons and artists.”  (\u003ci\u003eNeoPopRealism Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 August 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Provides a fuller context for students to understand the confluence of ideas related to art production and allows students an opportunity to examine several examples of methodological principles behind art historical research ... \u003cb\u003eSumming Up\u003c\/b\u003e: Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through graduate students.\" (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 September 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\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\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eContributors viii\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface xv\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments xvii\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBabette Bohn and James M. Saslow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1 The Context: Social-Historical Factors in Artistic Production 21\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 A Taxonomy of Art Patronage in Renaissance Italy 23\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSheryl E. Reiss\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Judaism and the Arts in Early Modern Europe: Jewish and Christian Encounters 44\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eShelley Perlove\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Religion, Politics, and Art in Late Medieval and Renaissance Italy 65\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJulia I. Miller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Europe’s Global Vision 85\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLarry Silver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Italian Art and the North: Exchanges, Critical Reception, and Identity, 1400–1700 106\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAmy Golahny\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Desiring Eye: Gender, Sexuality, and the Visual Arts 127\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames M. Saslow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2 The Artist: Creative Process and Social Status 149\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Artist as Genius 151\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam E. Wallace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Drawing in Renaissance Italy 168\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMary Vaccaro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Self-Portraiture 1400–1700 189\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eH. Perry Chapman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Recasting the Role of the Italian Sculptor: Sculptors, Patrons, Materials, and Principles for the New Early Modern Age 210\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElinor M. Richter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 From Oxymoron to Virile Paintbrush: Women Artists in Early Modern Europe 229\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBabette Bohn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3 The Object: Art as Material Culture 251\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Birth of Mass Media: Printmaking in Early Modern Europe 253\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlison G. Stewart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The Material Culture of Family Life in Italy and Beyond 275\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJacqueline Marie Musacchio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Tapestry: Luxurious Art, Collaborative Industry 295\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKoenraad Brosens\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The New Sciences and the Visual Arts 316\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEileen Reeves\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Seeing Through Renaissance and Baroque Paintings: Case Studies 336\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eClaire Barry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 4 The Message: Subjects and Meanings 359\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Iconography in Renaissance and Baroque Art 361\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMark Zucker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Renaissance Landscapes: Discovering the World and Human Nature 381\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLawrence O. Goedde\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 The Nude Figure in Renaissance Art 402\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThomas Martin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Genre Painting in Seventeenth-Century Europe 422\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWayne Franits\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 The Meaning of the European Painted Portrait, 1400–1650 442\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoanna Woods-Marsden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 All the World’s a Stage: The Theater Conceit in Early Modern Italy 463\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eInge Jackson Reist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Intensity and Orthodoxy in Iberian and Hispanic Art of the Tridentine Era, 1550–1700 484\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarcus B. Burke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 5 The Viewer, the Critic, and the Historian: Reception and Interpretation as Cultural Discourse 505\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Historians of Northern European Art: From Johann Neudörfer and Karel van Mander to the Rembrandt Research Project 507\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJeffrey Chipps Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Artistic Biography in Italy: Vasari to Malvasia 525\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Cast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 With a Critical Eye: Painting and Theory in France, 1600–43 The Case of Simon Vouet and Nicolas Poussin 541\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoseph C. 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