Sixteenth-century Italian Art

Sixteenth-Century Italian Art is a stellar collection of 23 classic and recent essays on the art and architecture of this fascinating period in art history. Organized thematically, the book introduces major topics and debates in the field, including pagan mysteries, nature and artifice, the art of the body, and "reformations" of art, theory and practice. Several of these essays are appearing in English for the first time.Complete with substantial editorial introductions, the anthology presents a range of approaches to works of sixteenth-century Italian art. Highlighting themes on which Italian Renaissance studies from the last half-century have focused, this book is ideal for introductory courses.