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The heritage of Apelles : studies in the art of the renaissance / E.H. Gombrich.

By: Gombrich, E. H. (Ernst Hans), 1909-2001 [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Gombrich, E. H. Studies in the art of the Renaissance: Publisher: Oxford : Phaidon, 1976Copyright date: ©1976Description: viii, 250 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0714817082 (hardback).Subject(s): Art, European | Classicism in artDDC classification: 709.024
Contents:
Light and highlights: The Heritage of Apelles ; Light, form and texture in fifteenth-century painting North and South of the Alps -- Leonardo da Vinci's method of analysis and premutation: The form of movement in water and air ; The grotesque heads -- Jerome Bosch's "Garden of Earthly delights": The earliest description of the triptych ; "As it was in the days of Noe" -- Classical rules and rational standards: From the revival of letters to the reform of the arts: Niccoló Niccoli and Filippo Brunelleschi ; The leaven of criticism in Renaissance art: texts and episodes ; The pride of Apelles: Vives, Dürer and Bruegel.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Part of a four volume set of books which focus on and analyse the art of the Renaissance. This volume deals with the classical themes which were used by the artists of this period.

Includes bibliographical references (page: 245) and index.

Light and highlights: The Heritage of Apelles ; Light, form and texture in fifteenth-century painting North and South of the Alps -- Leonardo da Vinci's method of analysis and premutation: The form of movement in water and air ; The grotesque heads -- Jerome Bosch's "Garden of Earthly delights": The earliest description of the triptych ; "As it was in the days of Noe" -- Classical rules and rational standards: From the revival of letters to the reform of the arts: Niccoló Niccoli and Filippo Brunelleschi ; The leaven of criticism in Renaissance art: texts and episodes ; The pride of Apelles: Vives, Dürer and Bruegel.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich, born March 30, 1909, in Vienna, Austria, was educated at Vienna University where he earned a Ph.D. His career includes terms as Slade Professor of Fine Arts at Oxford and Cambridge universities and as Andrew D. White Professor-at-large at Cornell University.

Gombrich's books on art and art history have sold as well as some works of fiction. One of his most popular titles is The Story of Art, which has been translated into 18 languages and sold more than two million copies. Other titles are; Looking for Answers: Conversations on Art and Science (with Didier Eribon), Shadows: The Depiction of Cast Shadows in Western Art, and Gombrich on Art and Psychology. His numerous awards include the Erasmus Prize in 1975, the Hegel Prize in 1976, and the International Balzan Prize in 1985. He holds honorary degrees from various universities, among them Oxford, Cambridge, and Harvard, and from the Royal College of Art (London), 1981.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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