Book

Baxandall, Michael.

Painting and experience in fifteenth century Italy; a primer in the social history of pictorial style.

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1972.

viii, 165 pages illustrations (some color) 21 cm

This book is both an introduction to fifteenth-century Italian painting, and a primer in how to read social history out of the style of pictures. Examines early Renaissance painting, and explains how the style of painting in any society reflects the visual skills and habits that evolve out of daily life. Renaissance painting, for example, mirrors the experience of such activities as preaching, dancing, and gauging barrels. The book includes discussions of a wide variety of painters, including Filippo Lippi, Fra Angelico, Stefano di Giovanni, Sandro Botticelli, Masaccio, Luca Signorelli, Boccaccio, and others.

Painting, Renaissance -- Italy.

Painting, Italian.

Painting -- Psychological aspects.

Italy -- History -- 15th century -- Pictorial works.

Illustrated works.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-161).

I. Conditions of trade -- II. The period eye -- III. Pictures and categories.

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