Intellectual Education of the Italian Renaissance Artist

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

Sommario

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.

Info autore

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Angela Dressen
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781108831321
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83132-1
• Pagine: 394
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte; 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)