Main entry:

Hale, J. R. (John Rigby), 1923-1999, author.

Title & Author:

Artists and warfare in the Renaissance / J.R. Hale.

Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 1990.

Description:

ix, 278 pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cm

Notes:
Illustrated lining papers.
Includes indexes.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-275) and indexes.
Germanic military genre -- The Germanic image of the soldier -- Italy : soldiers and soldiering -- North and south : contrasts I -- North and south : contrasts II -- The representation of battle : Italy -- The representation of battle : Germany and Switzerland -- War and values : the visual vocabulary -- Soldiers in religious art -- Beyond the Italian and Germanic worlds.

Summary:

This book is an exposition of the work of Renaissance war artists, reflecting the ways in which they responded, often independently of patrons, to the facts of war, its nature and causes and to the common soldier. There is an emphasis on German and Italian artists illustrating their divergent artistic focuses.

ISBN:

9780300048407 (hardback)
0300048408 (hardback)

Subject:

Art, Renaissance.
Art and war.
Soldiers in art.
Art de la Renaissance.
Art et guerre.
Militaires dans l'art.
Beeldende kunsten.
Oorlog.
Renaissance.
Painting, Renaissance.
Art, European.
Graphic arts Special subjects War

Holdings:

Location: Library main 58550
Call No.: ID:90-B6907
Status: Available