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Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry
Renaissance Studies in Art and Poetry
Author: Walter Pater
Oscar Wilde called this collection of essays the "holy writ of beauty." Published to great acclaim in 1837, it examines the work of Renaissance artists such as Winckelmann and the then neglected Botticelli, and includes a celebrated discussion of the Mona Lisa in a study of Da Vinci. The book strongly influenced art students and aesthetes of t...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780520036642
ISBN-10: 0520036646
Publication Date: 9/18/1980
Pages: 532
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Publisher: University of California Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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