Naples (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521780001)

Naples was by far the largest urban center on the Italian peninsula during the early modern period, and in the years covered by this book, from the early 1300s to the early 1600s, its inhabitants witnessed vast programs of building and decoration spurred by the cultural needs of royal, ecclesiastical, and baronial elites. Yet the city's many beautiful churches and palaces, stone sculptures, fresco cycles, and altarpieces have not received the sustained attention in Anglophone scholarship that has been lavished for generations on other major centers of artistic production, such as Florence, Rome, or Venice. This book surveys the visual arts in Renaissance Naples, offering diachronic overviews of urban design, ecclesiastical architecture, painting, tomb sculpture, and palaces, along with a substantial introduction to the complex social and political history of the city.

Author: Marcia B. Hall
ISBN-10: 0521780004
ISBN-13: 9780521780001
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/07/2017
Pages: 406
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.66lbs
Size: 11.47h x 8.67w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2018