The Encompassing City: Streetscapes in Early Modern Art and Culture

Author:   Stuart M. Blumin ,  Bethan Hirst
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
ISBN:  

9780719076633


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   01 October 2008
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained


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Author:   Stuart M. Blumin ,  Bethan Hirst
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.794kg
ISBN:  

9780719076633


ISBN 10:   0719076633
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   01 October 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

Table of Contents

List of figures List of plates Acknowledgements Introduction 1 The city in Western art: a brief pre-history of vedutismo 2 Stepping into the city: the early vedutisti 3 The encompassing city: emergence of a genre 4 The apogee of vedutismo 5 Piranesi and the turn toward genius Epilogue: Whistler in Venice Notes Index -- .

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.. .an excellent and illuminating book on a visual genre that has long been familiar to art historians and those interested in art, but has never been fully understood. --Dr. Tom Nichols, University of Aberdeen . ..an excellent and illuminating book on a visual genre that has long been familiar to art historians and those interested in art, but has never been fully understood. --Dr. Tom Nichols, University of Aberdeen ...an excellent and illuminating book on a visual genre that has long been familiar to art historians and those interested in art, but has never been fully understood. --Dr. Tom Nichols, University of Aberdeen


<p>&#8220;&#8230;an excellent and illuminating book on a visual genre that has long been familiar to art historians and those interested in art, but has never been fully understood.&#8221;&nbsp;--Dr. Tom Nichols, University of Aberdeen


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Stuart M. Blumin is Professor of History at Cornell University and Director of Cornell in Washington -- .

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