The Renaissance era was launched in Italy and gradually spread to the Netherlands; Germany; Spain; France; and other parts of Europe and the New World; with figures like Robert Campin; Jan van Eyck; Rogier van der Weyden; Albrecht DYrer; and Albrecht Altdorfer. It was the era that produced some of the icons of civilization; including Leonardo da Vincis Mona Lisa and Last Supper and Michelangelos Sistine Ceiling; Piet^; and David. Marked as one of the greatest moments in history; the outburst of creativity of the era resulted in the most influential artistic revolution ever to have taken place. The period produced a substantial number of notable masters; among them Caravaggio; Donato Bramante; Donatello; El Greco; Filippo Brunelleschi; Masaccio; Sandro Botticelli; Raphael; Titian; and Tintoretto. The result was an outstanding number of exceptional works of art and architecture that pushed human potential to new heights. The Historical Dictionary of Renaissance Art covers the years 1250 to 1648; the period most disciplines place as the Renaissance Era. A complete portrait of this remarkable period is depicted in this book through a chronology; an introductory essay; a bibliography; and over 500 hundred cross-referenced dictionary entries on major Renaissance painters; sculptors; architects; and patrons; as well as relevant historical figures and events; the foremost artistic centers; schools and periods; major themes and subjects; noteworthy commissions; technical processes; theoretical material; literary and philosophic sources for art; and art historical terminology.
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0 of 5 people found the following review helpful. No ProblemBy Acquisitions; UNLV LibrariesNo Problem9 of 12 people found the following review helpful. ....theory of form findingBy Mentor Llunji..Book offers a comprehensive overview for the form and topology generation of shells; presenting new and established methods mainly through theory....well graphically designed and written with contribution of top authors in this field..its a valuable text on form finding and methods of structural optimization...especially for those interested in mathematical formulation of this matter.Anyway nowdays bad practice; of writting a book with many contributing authors; rarelly is successfull..and rarelly chapters (written by different authors) can fit together as a whole..at least that is the impression.More than half of the book is loaded with mathematical equations; matrix formulations and having advanced understanding in linear algebra is the must in order to move through chapters..An approach that makes this book suitable only for students and researchers in engineering but not in architecture as the title boldly suggests...in fact architects will find this approach very boring and hard to follow..and for sure will feel little bit betrayed by the title of the book.Although there are few nice examples; analysing real life case studies and their structural-architectural design that relies on sound structural concepts and computer-software modeling (what most shell designers in practise do) and not emphasizing approach that can be found on conference papers and shell theories books; would make it more readable and useful.