Sixteenth-Century Italian Art

Sixteenth-Century Italian Art is a collection of 23 classic and recent essays on this important and transformative period. The book includes distinguished studies of Cinquecento painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, and architecture. Organized thematically, it introduces major topics and debates in the field. Several of the essays appear here in English for the first time. Complete with editorial introductions, the anthology presents a range of approaches recent historians have taken to sixteenth-century Italian art. Highlighting themes on which Italian Renaissance studies from the last half-century have focused, the book is ideal for introductory courses.Cole, Michael W. is the author of 'Sixteenth-Century Italian Art', published 2006 under ISBN 9781405108409 and ISBN 1405108401.