Concepts of Beauty in Renaissance Art

by Mary Rogers, Francis Ames-Lewis

In this Volume, published in1998, Fifteen scholars reveal the ways of preserving, conceiving and creating beauty were as diverse as the cultural influenced at work at the time, deriving from antique, medieval and more recent literature and philosophy, and from contemporary notions of morality and courtly behaviour. Approaches include discussion of contemporary critical terms and how these determined writers’ appreciation of paintings, sculpture, architecture and costume; studies of the quest to

ISBN: 9780429860546

379 pages

Published: 2019-08-08

Publisher: Routledge

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