The story of painting : from the Renaissance to the present /

Krausse, Anna C.

The story of painting : from the Renaissance to the present / Anna C. Krausse. - Koln : Konemann, 2005 - 128 p. : ill. (some col.) 30 cm.

Original title: Geschichte der Malerie von der Renaissance bis heute--T.p. verso.

2. Renaissance period theme was the man as depicted in portrait painting. The real world became the interest of the artists as it met the need for a lifelike depiction of ambient reality. Colored pictures are included. Discusses painting, from the Medieval, Renaissance to the present with emphases on the following: 1. Medieval age centered on the divine world - seen as a transcendental sphere, whose magnificence nad sublimity were generally symbolized by a glowing gold ground

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Painting

ND 50 / .K868 2005