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Informationen zum Autor IRENE EARLS is an independent scholar of art history. She is the author of Renaissance Art: A Topical Dictionary (Greenwood, 1987), Baroque Art: A Topical Dictionary (Greenwood, 1996), and Young Musicians in World History (Greenwood, 2002). The Renaissance is arguably the most significant period in the history of art. Earls provides biographical chapters for each of the 10 most famous artists from the European Renaissance, including Alberti, Donatello, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and others. Each chapter traces the childhood and artistic development of the artist, recounts in vivid detail his most noteworthy creations, places his work within artistic, cultural, and philosophical (often religious) contexts, and examines the ways in which he influenced subsequent generations of artists. A timeline, chapter bibliographies, a glossary of terms, and a subject index provide additional tools for readers researching artists from this unparalleled period of artistic creation and rebirth.
