Pittura ed esperienze sociali nell'Italia del Quattrocento

This book should have had me impatient to revisit all Florence's churches and art galleries with renewed zeal but sadly it didn't quite do that for me. I found it interesting rather than exhilarating. It was perhaps too academic and intellectual for me. However I did appreciate how much mental energ Leggi tutto

"Het oog wordt genoemd de eerste van alle poorten Door welke het Verstand kan leren en proeven. Het Oor is de tweede, met het oplettend Woord Dat onze geesten wapent en ook voedt" - Feo Belcari Een prachtige analyse over maatschappelijke praktijken en gebruiken die de studie naar schilderkunst kunnen s Leggi tutto

Painting and Experience is a fascinating book about Renaissance art where Baxandall attempts to get us into the mind of the artists and their patrons during this particularly effervescent period of art history. It is written in an accessible style and has a nice translation at the end of the qualiti Leggi tutto

El libro no se centra en analizar aisladamente la pintura en el Renacimiento (centrándose en el Quattrocento - siglo XV) si no que también se analiza como la sociedad es capaz de influir en la percepción del arte (es decir, a la manera en el que el arte es analizado y recibido por la sociedad) y la Leggi tutto

I fear this is mansplaining at its finest