The Secret Language of the Renaissance: Decoding the Hidden

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The Secret Language of the Renaissance: Decoding the Hidden Symbolism of Italian Art

During the Renaissance, artists traditionally encoded meanings into symbols, some of which drew upon a traditional repertoire available to educated people in the era. These hidden messagesÂ—which ranged from the esoteric to the political to the religiousÂ—could be communicated in everything from the position of a hand to the placement of the sun and moon. The Secret Language of the Renaissance helps us discover them anew, as lecturer, author, and director Richard Stemp teaches you the art of reading these paintings.
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Magnificently illustrated throughout, and with a six-color gold-foil cover, this remarkable book has three distinct parts. The first surveys the literature, painting, sculpture, architecture, and decorative arts of this remarkable period. Section two reviews the essential elements of symbolic language in Renaissance art, including the use of color, geometry, light and shade, composition, proportion, perspective, and body language; the explanatory examples reach from Crivelliâ€™s Annunciation to Donatelloâ€™s Mary Magdalene. And the final part features themes including Mythology, War and Peace, and Death and Eternity.

Country	USA
Author	Richard Stemp
Binding	Hardcover
Brand	Brand: Duncan Baird
EAN	9781844833221
Edition	0
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	1844833224
Label	Duncan Baird
Manufacturer	Duncan Baird
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	224
PublicationDate	2006-10-28
Publisher	Duncan Baird
Studio	Duncan Baird
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

The Secret Language of the Renaissance: Decoding the Hidden Symbolism of Italian Art

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