576 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 30 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
Introduction: Art in Context The Late Thirteenth and the Fourteenth Century The Origins of the Resistance Rome: Artists, Popes, and Cardinals Assisi and Padua: Narrative Realism Florence: Traditions and Innovations Siena: City of the Virgin Naples: Art for a Royal Kingdom Venice: The Most Serene Republic Pisa and Florence: Social Upheaval Visconti Milan and Carrara Padua The Fifteenth Century Florence: Commune and Guild Florence: The Medici and Political Propaganda Rome: Re-establishing Papal Power Venice: Affirming the Past and Present Courtly Art: The Gothic and Classic Sforza Milan: Ducal Splendor The First Half of the Sixteenth Century Florence: The Renewed Republic Rome: Julius II, Leo X, and Clement VII Florence: Mannerism and the Medici Mantua, Parma, and Genoa: The Arts at Court Venice: Vision and Monumentality The Latter Sixteenth Century The Rome of Paul II Northern Italy: Reform and Innovation Florence under Cosimo I Rome: A European Capital City
