Images and Identity in Fifteenth-century Florence - 9780300123425
Un libro in lingua di Rubin Patricia Lee edito da Yale Univ Pr, 2007
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Renaissance Florence, of endless fascination for the beauty of its art and architecture, is no less intriguing for its dynamic political, economic, and social life. In this book Patricia Lee Rubin crosses the boundaries of all these areas to arrive at an original and comprehensive view of the place of images in Florentine society.
The author asks an array of questions: Why were works of art made? Who were the artists who made them, and who commissioned them? How did they look, and how were they looked at? She demonstrates that the answers to such questions illuminate the contexts in which works of art were created, and how they were valued and viewed.
Rubin seeks out the meeting places of meaning in churches, in palaces, in piazzas—places of exchange where identities were taken on and transformed, often with the mediation of images. She concentrates on questions of vision and visuality, on “seeing and being seen.” With a blend of exceptional illustrations; close analyses of sacred and secular paintings by artists including Fra Angelico, Fra Filippo Lippi, Filippino Lippi, and Botticelli; and wide-ranging bibliographic essays, the book shines new light on fifteenth-century Florence, a special place that made beauty one of its defining features.
Rubin seeks out the meeting places of meaning in churches, in palaces, in piazzas—places of exchange where identities were taken on and transformed, often with the mediation of images. She concentrates on questions of vision and visuality, on “seeing and being seen.” With a blend of exceptional illustrations; close analyses of sacred and secular paintings by artists including Fra Angelico, Fra Filippo Lippi, Filippino Lippi, and Botticelli; and wide-ranging bibliographic essays, the book shines new light on fifteenth-century Florence, a special place that made beauty one of its defining features.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Images and Identity in Fifteenth-century Florence
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Rubin Patricia Lee
- Editore: Yale Univ Pr
- Collana: Yale Univ Pr (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 06 Agosto '07
- Genere: ART
- Argomenti : Art, Italian Italy Florence 15th century Art, Renaissance Italy Florence Art and society Italy Florence History 15th century
- Pagine: 418
- Dimensioni mm: 260 x 196 x 31
- ISBN-10: 0300123426
- EAN-13: 9780300123425