Objects of Virtue - Art in Renaissance Italy (Hardcover)

You are what you own. So believed many of the elite men and women of Renaissance Italy. The notion that a person's belongings transmit something about their personal history, status, and "character" was renewed in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. Objects of Virtue explores the multiple meanings and values of the objects with which families like the Medici, Este, and Gonzaga surrounded themselves. This lavishly illustrated volume examines the complicated relationships between the so-called "fine arts"--painting and sculpture--and artifacts of other kinds for which artistry might be as important as utility-furniture, jewelry, and vessels made of gold, silver, and bronze, precious and semi-precious stone, glass, and ceramic. The works discussed were designed and made by artists as famous as Andrea Mantegna, Raphael, and Michelangelo, as well as by lesser-known specialists--goldsmiths, gem-engravers, glassmakers, and maiolica painters.

General

Imprint:	Oxford University Press Inc, USA
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum
Release date:	March 2002
First published:	March 2002
Authors:	Luke Syson • Dora Thornton • Dora Thorton
Dimensions:	285 x 228 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-0-89236-657-6
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > General Books > Humanities > History > European history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Health, Home & Family > Home & house maintenance > Home furnishing & decoration > General Books > History > European history > 1500 to 1750 Promotions
LSN:	0-89236-657-5
Barcode:	9780892366576

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