Intellectual Education of the Italian Renaissance Artist

This book explores the range of educational opportunities that were available to the Italian Renaissance artist.

List of contents

1. Mechanical arts versus liberal arts and recommendations for the artist's education; 2. Educational places and opportunities; 3. The meditating texts; 4. Vitruvius and Pliny as sourcebooks, educational landmarks and intellectual challenge; Conclusion.

About the author

Angela Dressen is the Andrew W. Mellon Librarian at I Tatti – The Harvard University Center for Renaissance Studies in Florence, Italy. She is the author of Pavimenti decorati del Quattrocento in Italia, and The Library of the Badia Fiesolana: Intellectual History and Education under the Medici.

Product details

• Authors: Angela Dressen
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781108831321
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83132-1
• No. of pages: 394
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); History of Ideas, ART / General, Social & cultural history, Italy, History of Art, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Social and cultural history, Renaissance art, c 1400 to c 1499 (period of the Italian Renaissance)