Giotto and the Orators. Reflections of Italian humanists on painting and the discovery of composition.
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Does the language we use to talk about paintings affect our visual perception? How did neoclassical Latin predetermine today's ideas about painting? To find answers to these questions, the outstanding British art historian Michael Baxandall analyzes the works of Petrarch, Boccaccio, Villani, Vittorino da Feltre, Guarino da Verona, Biondo, Valla, Leon Battista Alberti, and other significant representatives of Italian high culture of the 14th-15th centuries. Describing the interaction of linguistic traditions and visual experience, the author examines how between 1350 and 1450 humanists developed the most important ways of commenting on painting, focusing particularly on their discovery of the idea of composition. Michael Baxandall (1933–2008) was an art historian, professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, and taught at the Warburg Institute.
Author:
Author:Baksandall Michael
Cover:
Cover:softcover
Category:
- Category:Arts & Photography
- Category:History & Geography
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:offset
Dimensions:
Dimensions:21.5x14x2 cm
Series:
Series:Essays on Visuality
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:12+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-4448-1953-1
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