Renaissance Art: A Very Short Introduction

Author/Contributor(s):	Johnson, Geraldine A
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Date:	07/28/2005
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Artists like Botticelli, Holbein, Leonardo, Dürer, and Michelangelo are familiar figures of the Renaissance. But who were these artists? Was the Renaissance only about great masters and masterpieces? This Very Short Introduction answers such questions by considering both famous and lesser-known artists, patrons, and works of art within the cultural and historical context of Renaissance Europe. The volume provides a broad cultural and historical context for some of the Renaissance's greatest achievements. It also explores forgotten aspects of Renaissance art, such as objects made for the home and women as artists and patrons.