Italian Renaissance Art

Edited by Laurie Schneider Adams

Routledge, 2019, 2nd Edition, 420 pages, Paperback, ISBN: 9780367319335

"A clearly written, straightforward account of the story of Italian Renaissance art from its origins to Mannerism. The bulk of the material centers around central Italian painting, as it should, but other important, smaller centers are also included. The discussion of the various art forms is nicely balanced?. I especially liked the sidebars which add necessary material?historical, literary, technical and so forth?to the text without encumbering it?. This is a very good book which should furnish us with the new and useable text we have been waiting for. I would certainly use it in my classroom."- Bruce Cole, Distinguished Professor, Chairman, department of the history of art, Indiana University

”This sensibly selective and well-written introduction to Italian Renaissance art covers the main centers throughout Italy and describes the major artists and their works from different critical and methodological points of view. The large-format illustrations make this text particularly useful.” - The late James Beck, Professor of Art History, Columbia University

Laurie Schneider Adams is Professor Emerita at John Jay College, City University of New York. At the Graduate Center she taught courses on Art and Psychoanalysis, Artists’ Biographies and Autobiographies, and the Italian Renaissance. She is the editor of the quarterly journal Source: Notes in the History of Art and the author of Art Across Time, A History of Western Art, The Methodologies of Art, as well as numerous other works.

Featuring extended discussions of Mannerism and the expanding role of women int he visual arts, Italian Renaissance Art is a readable, student-friendly, well-illustrated introduction to one of the greatest periods of artistic genius in Western history.

Distinguishing features of the second edition include:

• 415 images with over 300 in full color
• Large-format illustrations for readability
• Thumbnail images of earlier works showing the historical continuity of the images
• Improved maps, plans, and diagrams throughout
• Historical chronology, glossary of art-historical terms, select bibliography, and index