An introduction to 15th century Italian painting and the social history behind it, arguing that the two are interlinked and that the conditions of the time help

"Many famous artworks of the Italian Renaissance were made to celebrate love, marriage, and family. They were the pinnacles of a tradition, dating from early in

He offers seven thought-provoking pieces, three of which are new and written specifically for this book. While Baxandall focuses on works of the fifteenth centu

This highly acclaimed volume examines the one firm bridge between the art of the humanists and the painters of the early Italian Renaissance: what Petrarch and

"Focuses primarliy on the social and historical context in which art was made and used"--Bibliographic essay (p. 326).