1994, ISBN: 0262510774

[EAN: 9780262510776], [PU: MIT Press (MA) March 1994], 'James Ackerman's essays are nuggets of pure gold in the mainstream of American cultural history. They exemplify the very best art h… More...

[EAN: 9780262510776], [PU: MIT Press (MA) March 1994], 'James Ackerman's essays are nuggets of pure gold in the mainstream of American cultural history. They exemplify the very best art history has achieved in our time.' -- Irving Lavin, The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University These essays by one of America's foremost historians of art and architecture range over theory and criticism, the search for connections between art and science in the Renaissance, and specific works of Renaissance architecture. The largest group of essays, dealing with the character of Renaissance architecture, are models of art historical scholarship in their direct approach to identifying the essentials of a building and the social and intellectual context in which they should be viewed. Another group of essays explores encounters between the traditions of artistic practice and early optics and color theory. The three essays that begin this collection bring to light the intellectual and moral concerns that underlie all of Ackerman's art historical work. These essays by one of America's foremost historians of art and architecture range over theory and criticism, the search for connections between art and science in the Renaissance, and specific works of Renaissance architecture. Dust stains on text edges. Binding is tight no interior marks., Books<

1994, ISBN: 0262510774

[EAN: 9780262510776], [PU: MIT Press (MA) March 1994], 'James Ackerman's essays are nuggets of pure gold in the mainstream of American cultural history. They exemplify the very best art h… More...

[EAN: 9780262510776], [PU: MIT Press (MA) March 1994], 'James Ackerman's essays are nuggets of pure gold in the mainstream of American cultural history. They exemplify the very best art history has achieved in our time.' -- Irving Lavin, The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University These essays by one of America's foremost historians of art and architecture range over theory and criticism, the search for connections between art and science in the Renaissance, and specific works of Renaissance architecture. The largest group of essays, dealing with the character of Renaissance architecture, are models of art historical scholarship in their direct approach to identifying the essentials of a building and the social and intellectual context in which they should be viewed. Another group of essays explores encounters between the traditions of artistic practice and early optics and color theory. The three essays that begin this collection bring to light the intellectual and moral concerns that underlie all of Ackerman's art historical work. These essays by one of America's foremost historians of art and architecture range over theory and criticism, the search for connections between art and science in the Renaissance, and specific works of Renaissance architecture. Dust stains on text edges. Binding is tight no interior marks., Books<

ISBN: 9780262510776

These essays by one of America's foremost historians of art and architecture range over theory and criticism, the search for connections between art and science in the Renaissance, and sp… More...

These essays by one of America's foremost historians of art and architecture range over theory and criticism, the search for connections between art and science in the Renaissance, and specific works of Renaissance architecture. Media >, [PU: MIT Press]<

1994, ISBN: 0262510774

[EAN: 9780262510776], [SC: 11.67], [PU: Cambridge MIT Press 1994], 590pp, ills. Paperback. Fine, Books