Florence and Baghdad - Renaissance Art and Arab Science

Informationen zum Autor Hans Belting is Professor for Art History and Media Theory at the Academy for Design in Karlsruhe, Germany. Klappentext The theory of perspective, which allowed Florentine artists to depict the world from a spectator's point of view, originated in Baghdad with an eleventh-century mathematician. Using the metaphor of the mutual gaze, Belting narrates the encounter between science and art, Arab Baghdad and Renaissance Florence, that revolutionized Western culture. Zusammenfassung The theory of perspective, which allowed Florentine artists to depict the world from a spectator’s point of view, originated in Baghdad with an eleventh-century mathematician. Using the metaphor of the mutual gaze, Belting narrates the encounter between science and art, Arab Baghdad and Renaissance Florence, that revolutionized Western culture.

About the author

Hans Belting is Professor for Art History and Media Theory at the Academy for Design in Karlsruhe, Germany.

Product details

• Authors: Hans Belting, Hans/ Schneider Belting, Belting Hans
• Assisted by: Deborah Lucas Schneider (Translation), Schneider Deborah Lucas (Translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.09.2011
• EAN: 9780674050044
• ISBN: 978-0-674-05004-4
• No. of pages: 312
• Dimensions: 180 mm x 248 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Renaissance, Irak, Italien, 15. Jahrhundert (1400 bis 1499 n. Chr.), 16. Jahrhundert (1500 bis 1599 n. Chr.), Kunst: Grundlagen und Techniken, ART / Techniques / General, ART / History / General, ART / European, ART / Middle Eastern, Italy, c 1500 onwards to present day, History of Art, Art techniques & principles, Iraq, Renaissance art, Renaissance style, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, The Arts: techniques and principles