Renaissance Artist at Work (Icon Editions)

by Bruce Cole

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This book gives the necessary background for the study and appreciation of Italian painting and sculpture from about 1250 to 1550. It tells how the artists learned their craft, the organization of their workshops, and the guilds they belonged to; how their customers or patrons treated them and where their work was displayed?churches, civic buildings, or private homes. The book discusses how art was made?tempera, oil, panel, canvas, fresco; it surveys the characteristic types of Renaissance art?altarpieces, portraits, tombs, busts, doors fountains, medals, etc.
  • ISBN10 0064309029
  • ISBN13 9780064309028
  • Publish Date 1 May 1983
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 16 June 2021
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint HarperCollins Publishers
  • Format Hardcover
  • Language English