Synopses & Reviews
Regarded as artisans and craftsmen in the early fifteenth century, painters and sculptors acquired new status as "artists" within little more than a hundred years. Francis Ames-Lewis explores how Mantegna, da Vinci, Raphael, Durer, and others gained intellectual respect and artistic autonomy from enlightened patrons by promoting the idea of the artist as a creative genius with a distinct identity and individuality.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-305) and index.
Table of Contents
Introduction -- The artist's education and training -- The social and cultural activities of the Renaissance artist -- The artist and archaeology -- Image and text: the paragone -- Painting and poetry -- Artistic licence, invention and fantasia -- Ekphrasis -- Self-portraiture -- Artists' display -- Conclusion: the reputation of the Renaissance artist.