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Author:
Alexander, J. J. G. (Jonathan James Graham), author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50035146
Title:
The painted book in Renaissance Italy : 1450-1600 / Jonathan J.G. Alexander.
Publisher:
Yale University Press,
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
xi, 444 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 30 cm
Subject:
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Italian--15th century.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Italian--16th century.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance--Italy.
ART / History / Renaissance.
DESIGN / Book.
HISTORY / Europe / Italy.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading.
HISTORY / Renaissance.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Italian.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance.
Italy.
1400-1599
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
Tuscany: the fifteenth century -- Central and south Italy: the fifteenth century -- North-east Italy: the fifteenth century -- North-west Italy: the fifteenth century -- The sixteenth century -- The illumination by hand of early printed books in Italy -- Book illuminators and their patrons -- Texts and their illumination -- Book illumination and the other arts -- Italy and the rest of Europe: conclusion.
Summary:
Hand-painted illumination enlivened the burgeoning culture of the book in the Italian Renaissance, spanning the momentous shift from manuscript production to print. This major survey, by a leading authority on medieval and renaissance book illumination, gives the first comprehensive account in English of an immensely creative and relatively little-studied art form. Jonathan J. G. Alexander describes key illuminated manuscripts and printed books from the period and explores the social and material worlds in which they were produced. Renaissance humanism encouraged wealthy members of the laity to join the clergy as readers and book collectors. Illuminators responded to patrons' developing interest in classical motifs, and celebrated artists such as Mantegna and Perugino occasionally worked as illuminators. Italian illuminated books found patronage across Europe, their dispersion hastened by the French invasion of Italy at the end of the 15th century. Richly illustrated, The Painted Book in Renaissance Italy is essential reading for all scholars and students of Renaissance art.
ISBN:
0300203985
9780300203981
OCLC:
(OCoLC)956390370
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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