Author : The Open University
Release : 2007-01-01
Genre : Art
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 432/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Viewing Renaissance Art by : The Open University
Download or read book Viewing Renaissance Art written by The Open University. This book was released on 2007-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the values, priorities, and motives of patrons and the purposes and functions of art works produced north and south of the Alps and in post-Byzantine Crete. It begins by considering the social range and character of Renaissance patronage and ends with a study of Hans Holbein the Younger and the reform of religious images in Basle and England. Viewing Renaissance Art considers a wide range of audiences and patrons from the rulers of France to the poorest confraternities in Florence. The overriding premise is that art was not a neutral matter of stylistic taste but an aspect of material production in which values were invested--whether religious, cultural, social, or political.