Renaissance /
Renaissance : discover the art of the Northern and Italian Renaissance, from the 14th to the 16th century
Alison Cole.
- London : Dorling Kindersley association with The National Gallery, London, 1994.
- 64 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
- Eyewitness guides 91 .
What is the Renaissance? - The Impact of Giotto. - Painting in Siena. - Renaissance Florence. - Early Renaissance sculpture. - The courtly style. - The Brancacci Chapel. - Flemish naturalism. - The artist's craft. - Images of devotion. - Classical inspiration. - The "invention" of perspective. - Harmony and beauty. - Botticelli and mythology. - The rise of landscape. - The genius of Leonardo. - Leonardo's explorations. - Durer's pioneering role. - The Reformation. - The Venetian State. - Titian, master of colour. - The High Renaissance. - Rome's renewal. - Raphael's Vatican rooms. Michaelangelo's "divine" powers. - The Sistine Ceiling. - The North and Italy. - Mannerism. - Chronology. - Glossary; Features works. - Index; Acknowledgements.