Italian Renaissance Painting According to Genres

by Jacob Burckhardt

Jacob Burckhardt (1818-1897) was one of the first great historians of culture and art. In his manuscript on the genres of Italian Renaissance painting-still unpublished in the original German and published here in English for the first time-Burckhardt assayed a transformative approach to the study of art history. Rather than undertaking a biographical or a chronological reading of artistic development, Burckhardt chose to read the source materials...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892367369
• ISBN13: 9780892367368
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Getty Research Institute
• Length: 235 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.1" x 9.9"