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The World of the Florentine Renaissance Artist|Martin Wackernagel

The World of the Florentine Renaissance Artist : Projects and Patrons, Workshop and Art Market

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First published in German in 1938 and later translated into English, this classic of Italian Renaissance historiography centres on the relationship between Florentine art and the conditions under which it was created. In rich detail, Martin Wackernagel explores the impact of patronage and function, widespread demand for art, workshop techniques, and businesses practices on artists' lives and the results they achieved

Wackernagel stresses the changing roles of commissions and patrons in the late fourteenth to the early fifteenth centuries, from small-scale enterprise under Lorenzo de Medici to the large-scale development of major Florentine monuments. Through this, he highlights the development of major civic and religious artistic complexes such as the Palazzo Vecchio, the Cathedral and Baptistery, and the convent of Santa Maria Novella. This volume also features a biography of the author and an essay on important later publications related to Wackernagel's themes and arguments.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781442611849
  • ISBN-10: 1442611847
  • Publisher: University of Toronto Press
  • Publish Date: March 2011
  • Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.75 pounds
  • Page Count: 488

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