Painting in Florence and Siena after the Black Death - Hardcover

Meiss, Millard

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9780691039190: Painting in Florence and Siena after the Black Death

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ISBN 10: 0691039194 ISBN 13: 9780691039190

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 1951

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The first extended study of the painting of Florence and Siena in the later 14th century, this book presents a rich interweaving of considerations of connoisseurship, style, iconography, cultural and social background, and historical events.

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Here-in a rich interweaving of considerations of connoisseurship, style, iconography, cultural and social background, and historical events-is the first extended study of the history of Florentine and Sienese painting in the later fourteenth century, in the period following the plague of the Black Death 1348.

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"The first comprehensive historical treatment of Florentine and Sienese art of the period ca. 1350-75.... A small masterpiece of historical detective work." (Booklist)

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