{"product_id":"the-lies-of-the-artists-essays-on-italian-art-1450-1750-paperback","title":"The Lies of the Artists: Essays on Italian Art, 1450-1750 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIngrid D. Rowland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLuminous essays on artists of the Italian Renaissance by one of our most inspired writers on the history and making of art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the three centuries from 1450 to 1750 painters, sculptors, and architects emerged from the medieval craft guilds of Italy to claim a new social status as creators, whose gorgeous handiwork, now called \"art,\" expressed lofty inspiration as much as manual skill. In \u003ci\u003eThe Lies of the Artists, \u003c\/i\u003eIngrid Rowland takes us into the world of these artists, and into their seemingly miraculous ways of transforming transcendent ideas into tangible works of art that challenged and redefined reality, \"lies\" with the power to reveal a deeper truth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the great art patron Daniele Barbaro wrote: \"bisogna aprire gli occhi,\" or \"you have to open your eyes.\" And this is precisely what Rowland does in these essays, bringing her knowledge, keen perception, and singular wit to bear on the art and lives of Renaissance masters, including Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Bernini, Raphael, Titian, and El Greco, as well as some overlooked artists of phenomenal talent, such as Antonello da Messina, Andrea del Sarto, and Bertoldo di Giovanni. In dazzling prose, as luminous and versatile as the painterly effects she describes, she shows us the work of these artists in eye-opening, thought-provoking ways, recreating the delight and insight that the discovery of great art evokes.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIngrid D. Rowland is Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame. She is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eGiordano Bruno\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFrom Pompeii\u003c\/i\u003e, and was the inaugural winner of the Grace Dudley Prize for Arts Writing in 2021. She is a frequent contributor to the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 8.85 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 17, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42685938532415,"sku":"9780262549097","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/d709e9e7512e985d0b1e900df9a215e9.webp?v=1764972993","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/the-lies-of-the-artists-essays-on-italian-art-1450-1750-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}