- Hardcover: 312 pages
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press; illustrated edition edition (July 22 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0521660459
- ISBN-13: 978-0521660457
- Product Dimensions: 25.2 x 18 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 798 g
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"...an outstanding contribution to the celebrations for the 600th anniversary of Masaccio's birth celebrated in 2001." Annali d'italianistica
"The Cambridge University Press is to be congratulated for making available in English these fine studies of great and influential early Italian Renaissance artists...will be the standard by which other works on these artists will be judged." Aaron W. Godfrey, Stony Brook University
"The interdisciplinary approach of [the volume] sets a high standard for similar art-historical studies. It is quite likely to be a standard reference for many years to come." CAA Reviews
"The Cambridge University Press is to be congratulated for making available in English these fine studies of great and influential early Italian Renaissance artists...will be the standard by which other works on these artists will be judged." Aaron W. Godfrey, Stony Brook University
"The interdisciplinary approach of [the volume] sets a high standard for similar art-historical studies. It is quite likely to be a standard reference for many years to come." CAA Reviews
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This Companion explores the visual, intellectual, and religious culture of Renaissance Florence in the age of Masaccio, 1401-1428. Written by a team of internationally renowned scholars and conservators, the essays in this volume investigate the artistic, civic, and sacred contexts of Masaccio's works and the sites in which they were seen. Inspired by the 600th anniversary of Masaccio's birth, The Cambridge Companion to Masaccio celebrates the achievements, influence and legacy of early Renaissance art and one of its greatest masters.
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[Ghiberti], Paolo Uccello, and Masaccio, each superb in his own field." While recognizing the greatness of "these founders," Vasari elevated Masaccio above them all because of his superiority in the art of painting, from his natural rendering of figures and movement to his mastery of foreshortening, which even "exceeded" that of Uccello, famous for his exploration of perspective. Read the first page
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[Ghiberti], Paolo Uccello, and Masaccio, each superb in his own field." While recognizing the greatness of "these founders," Vasari elevated Masaccio above them all because of his superiority in the art of painting, from his natural rendering of figures and movement to his mastery of foreshortening, which even "exceeded" that of Uccello, famous for his exploration of perspective. Read the first page
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