The Intellectual Life of the Early Renaissance Artist

Ames-Lewis, Francis

ISBN 10: 0300083041 / ISBN 13: 9780300083040

Editore: Yale University Press, 2000

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Unmarked text. Dust jacket under clear mylar cover. White label on back. Beautifully illustrated. Ames-Lewis examines the various ways that such Renaissance artists (eg. Mantegna, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael and Durer) began to engage with intellectual questions, as they sought to elevate the craft of painting to a liberal art. 322p. Measures 6.5x9.5 inches Notes. Bibliography. Index.

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• Titolo: The Intellectual Life of the Early Renaissance Artist
• Editore: Yale University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0300083041
• ISBN 13: 9780300083040
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Condizione: Very Good
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: very good
• Peso: 36 once
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Art History

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At the beginning of the fifteenth century, painters and sculptors were seldom regarded as more than artisans and craftsmen, but within little more than a hundred years they had risen to the status of "artist". This book explores how early Renaissance artists gained recognition for the intellectual foundations of their activities and achieved artistic autonomy from enlightened patrons. A leading authority on Renaissance art, Francis Ames-Lewis traces the ways in which the social and intellectual concerns of painters and sculptors brought about the acceptance of their work as a liberal art, alongside other arts like poetry. He charts the development of the idea of the artist as a creative genius with a distinct identity and individuality. Ames-Lewis examines the various ways that Renaissance artists like Mantegna, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and D|rer, as well as many other less well-known painters and sculptors, pressed for intellectual independence. By writing treatises, biographies, poetry, and other literary works, by seeking contacts with humanists and literary men, and by investigating the arts of the classical past, Renaissance artists honed their social graces and broadened their intellectual horizons. They also experienced a growing creative confidence and self-awareness that was expressed in novel self-portraits, works created solely to demonstrate pictorial skills, and monuments to commemorate themselves after death. This book brings together a wide range of textual and visual evidence to illuminate the changing attitudes toward artists and their work, and it provides many stimulating insights into Renaissance culture and art history.

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