Williams, Robert, 1955-2018.

Art, theory, and culture in sixteenth-century Italy : from techne to metatechne / Robert Williams.

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 1997.

x, 243 pages ; 24 cm

A critical study of the literature on the visual arts produced during the period generally known as the Late Renaissance, Art, Theory, and Culture in Sixteenth-Century Italy presents a bold reinterpretation of Renaissance art as a whole. Whereas traditional accounts have emphasized specific concerns with the visible, the centrality of naturalism, and the assimilation of contemporary scientific interests, Robert Williams argues that art comes to be redefined as an all-comprehending form of knowledge, a mode of knowing distinguished by its ability to superintend other modes and thus, ideally, to subordinate all.
Using the writings of artist-theorists such as Vasari, Lomazzo, and Zuccaro, and of literary men such as Aretino, Tasso, and Bocchi, Williams is also able to show that this redefinition, radical and untenable as it may seem, actually documents a real historical event, an increase in the scope and coercive power of presentation that accompanies - and in essential respects defines - the emergence of early modern culture.

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Bocchius, Franciscus 1548-1618
Lomazzo, Giovanni Paolo 1538-1600
Tasso, Torquato 1544-1595
Vasari, Giorgio 1511-1574
Zuccari, Federico 1540-1609
Art, Italian.
Art, High Renaissance Italy.
Art, Late Renaissance Italy.
Art and society Italy History 16th century.
Art italien.
Art de la Renaissance Haute Renaissance Italie.
Art de la Renaissance Renaissance tardive Italie.
Art et société Italie Histoire 16e siècle.
Art and society
Art, High Renaissance
Art, Late Renaissance
Disegno
Italienisch
Kunst
Literatur
Renaissance
Ästhetik
Kultur
Beeldende kunsten.
Theorieën.
Art, Italian 16th century.
Esthétique Italie 16e siècle.
Art de la Renaissance Italie.
Art Italie 16e siècle.
Italy
Italien

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Localisation: Bibliothèque main 192286
Cote: ID N6915.W525; ID:97-B3380
Statut: Disponible