Painting and Experience in Fifteenth Century Italy: A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Style
- ISBN-10
- 019282144X
- ISBN-13
- 9780192821447
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 183
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1988
- Publisher
- Oxford Paperbacks
- Author
- Michael Baxandall
Description
An introduction to 15th century Italian painting and the social history behind it, arguing that the two are interlinked and that the conditions of the time helped fashion distinctive elements in the painter's style.
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