The A to Z of Renaissance Art (The A to Z Guide Series)

By Lilian H. Zirpolo

The A to Z of Renaissance Art covers the years 1250 to 1648, the period most disciplines place as the Renaissance Era. A complete portrait of this remarkable period is depicted in this book through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 500 hundred cross-referenced dictionary entries on major Renaissance painters, sculptors, architects, and patrons, as well as relevant historical figures and events, the foremost artistic centers, schools and periods, major themes and subjects, noteworthy commissions, technical processes, theoretical material, literary and philosophic sources for art, and art historical terminology.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810868806
• ISBN13: 9780810868809
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 630 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.5" x 8.4"