Creating the "Divine" Artist
Author | : Patricia A. Emison |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 469 |
Release | : 2004 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789004137097 |
ISBN-13 | : 9004137092 |
Rating | : 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Download or read book Creating the "Divine" Artist written by Patricia A. Emison and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2004 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An investigation of why Michelangelo first, and then many other, Renaissance artists and works were called "divine" by contemporaries, this study ranges from fourteenth-century praise of Dante to a variety of sixteenth-century habits of courtly compliment.