Only connect-- : art and the spectator in the Italian Renaissance / John Shearman.

John Shearman makes the plea for a more engaged reading of art works of the Italian Renaissance, one that will recognize the presuppositions of Renaissance artists about their viewers. His book is the first attempt to construct a history of those Renaissance paintings and sculptures that are by desi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shearman, John K. G. (Author)
Corporate Author: National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, ©1992.
Series:A.W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts ; 1988.
Bollingen series ; 35:37.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • List Of Illustrations
  • Introduction
  • I. A More Engaged Spectator
  • II. A Shared Space
  • III. Portraits And Poets
  • IV. Domes
  • V. History, And Energy
  • VI. Imitation, And The Slow Fuse
  • Sources Of Illustrations
  • Index