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By: Series: Phaidon paperback | Gombrich, E. H. Studies in the art of the Renaissance ; 2.Publication details: Oxford : Phaidon, ©1978.Edition: 2d [small format] edDescription: viii, 247 pages, 48 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cmISBN:
  • 0714818313
  • 9780714818313
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • N6370 .G58 1978
Contents:
Introduction: aims and limits of iconology -- Tobias and the angel -- Botticelli's mythologies: a study inthe neo-Platonic symbolism of his circle -- An interpretation of Mantegna's 'Parnassus' -- Raphael's Stanza della Segnatura and the nature of its symbolism -- Hypnerotomachiana -- The Sala dei Venti in the Palazzo del Te -- The suject of Poussin's Orion -- Icones symbolicae: philosophies of symbolism and their bearing on art.
Summary: These studies on the interpretation of images focus on the greatest artists of the Renaissance - notably Botticelli, Leonardo, Raphael and Michelangelo - and all reflect the author's concern with standards, values and problems of method.
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Includes bibliographical references (page 236) and index.

Introduction: aims and limits of iconology -- Tobias and the angel -- Botticelli's mythologies: a study inthe neo-Platonic symbolism of his circle -- An interpretation of Mantegna's 'Parnassus' -- Raphael's Stanza della Segnatura and the nature of its symbolism -- Hypnerotomachiana -- The Sala dei Venti in the Palazzo del Te -- The suject of Poussin's Orion -- Icones symbolicae: philosophies of symbolism and their bearing on art.

These studies on the interpretation of images focus on the greatest artists of the Renaissance - notably Botticelli, Leonardo, Raphael and Michelangelo - and all reflect the author's concern with standards, values and problems of method.

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