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A Broad Survey Of Art And Architecture In Italy Between C. 1250 And 1600, This Book Approaches The Works From The Point Of View Of The Artist As Individual Creator And As An Expression Of The City Within Which The Artist Was Working. History Of Italian Renaissance Art, Seventh Edition, Brings You An Updated Understanding Of This Pivotal Period As It Incorporates New Research And Current Art Historical Thinking, While Also Maintaining The Integrity Of The Story That Frederick Hartt First Told So Enthusiastically Many Years Ago. Choosing To Retain Frederick Hartt's Traditional Framework, David Wilkins' Incisive Revisions Keep The Book Fresh And Up-to-date. Italy And Italian Art -- The Late Middle Ages -- Duecento Art In Tuscany And Rome -- Florentine Art Of The Early Trecento -- Sienese Art Of The Early Trecento -- Later Gothic Art In Tuscany And Northern Italy -- The Quattrocento -- The Renaissance Begins: Architecture -- Transitions In Tuscan Sculpture -- Transitions In Florentine Painting -- The Heritage Of Masaccio: Fra Angelico And Fra Filippo Lippi -- Florentine Architecture And Sculpture: C. 1430-1455 -- Florentine Painting At Mid-century -- Art In Florence Under The Medici I -- Art In Florence Under The Medici Ii -- The Renaissance In Central Italy -- Gothic And Renaissance In Venice And Northern Italy -- The Cinquecento -- The Origins Of The High Renaissance --the High Renaissance In Rome -- New Developments, C. 1520-50 -- High And Late Renaissance In Venice And On The Mainland -- The Late Sixteenth Century. Frederick Hartt, David G. Wilkins. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.