Sixteenth-Century Italian Art is a first-rate collection of the major classic and contemporary writings on the Italian Renaissance. Taking a thematic approach, the book exemplifies the traditional concerns of the field and presents arguments in a clear, accessible way.
Sixteenth-Century Italian Art is a collection of 23 classic and recent essays on this important and transformative period. The book includes distinguished studies of Cinquecento painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, and architecture. Organized thematically, it introduces major topics and debates in the field. Several of the essays appear here in English for the first time.
Complete with editorial introductions, the anthology presents a range of approaches recent historians have taken to sixteenth-century Italian art. Highlighting themes on which Italian Renaissance studies from the last half-century have focused, the book is ideal for introductory courses.
