European Art of the Fourteenth Century

 

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Online sinds
28 mei 2018
EAN
9780892368594
Taal
Engels
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Paperback
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384 pagina's

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Fourteenth-century Europe was ravaged by famine, war, and, most devastatingly, the Black Plague. These widespread crises inspired a mystical religiosity, which emphasized both ecstatic joy and extreme suffering, producing emotionally charged and often graphic depictions of the Crucifixion and the martyrdoms of the saints.
While the great boom of cathedral building that had marked the previous century waned, cathedrals continued to serve as the centers of religious life and artistic creation. Wealthy patrons sponsored the production of elaborate altarpieces, as well as smaller panel paintings and religious statues for private devotional use. A growing literate elite created a demand for both richly decorated prayer books and volumes on secular topics. In Italy, the foremost Sienese painter, Duccio, sought to synthesize northern, Gothic influences with eastern, Byzantine ones, while the groundbreaking Florentine Giotto moved toward the depiction of three-dimensional figures in his wall paintings.
This third volume in the Art through the Centuries series highlights the most noteworthy concepts, geographic centers, and artists of this turbulent century. Important facts about the subjects under discussion are summarized in the margins of each entry, and salient features of the illustrated artworks are identified and discussed.

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Cultuur (Tip! Bekijk de top 10)
Artikelnummer
1938798
Online sinds
28 mei 2018
EAN
9780892368594

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Taal
Engels
Bindwijze
Paperback
Aantal pagina's
384 pagina's

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Verschijningsdatum
april 2007
Afmetingen
19,7 x 14 x 2,5 cm