Art, Theory, and Culture in Sixteenth-Century Italy: From Techne to Metatechne (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521184335)

Art, Theory and Culture in Sixteenth-Century Italy offers a critical overview of the literature on the visual arts produced during the High and Late Renaissance. Analyzing and interpreting texts by such writers as Vasari, Lomazzo, Zuccaro, and Tasso, Robert Williams demonstrates how these works offer insight into the experience of contemporary viewers, thus permitting a clearer view of the relationship between abstract thought and lived experience. By focusing on a heretofore neglected, but important body of literature, Williams shows how an understanding of it can transform our knowledge and appreciation of the Renaissance.

Author: Robert Williams
ISBN-10: 0521184339
ISBN-13: 9780521184335
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/17/2011
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d