Behind the picture
art and evidence in the Italian Renaissance
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Author
Publication
1997 - Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut
Language
English
Word Count
78,500 words, Guess
Page Count
314 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL679750M
- ISBN-100300071957
- OCLC Control Number37195363
- OCLC Control Numberbehindpictureart0000kemp
- Library of Congress Control Number97026267
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- LibraryThing14225
- Goodreads2040523
Classifications
- DDC709/.4509/024
- LCCN6915 .K46 1997
Description
The Roman author Pliny tells the story - well known in the Renaissance - of the famous Greek painter Apelles hiding behind one of his pictures to overhear the comments of spectators. Martin Kemp takes this motif as an effective point of entry into the problem of what lies behind the business of picture-making in the Renaissance, in particular the role of the artist and the function of works of art in relation to their various kinds of audience.
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