THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF THE RENAISSANCE (DECODING THE HIDDEN SYMBOLISM OF ITALIAN ART) by STEMP RICHARD:

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Duncan Baird. Good. 300mm / 234mm. Hardcover. 2006. 224 pages. dj worn<br>Renaissance artists had a habit of encoding meanings into symbols - everything from bee-hives to centaurs. T he Secret Language of the Renaissance arms the reader with inside knowledge of the work of the great masters that would have been obvious to people of the time, but these insights have become los t ... .

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London: Duncan Bird Publishers [1-84483-307-0] 2006. (4to) 224pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers, black and white and color photographs and illustrations, maps, chronology, index. "We may never know what the Mona Lisa is really smiling about, but we do know that there's much more to the masterpieces of Renaissance art than the beauty that meets the eye. There are layers of significance below the surface of works by Leonardo da Vinci, Fra Angelico, Michelangelo and others - a store of secrets even more fascinating than fiction. This magnificently illustrated guide by an expert art historian gives you the key to unlock those secrets for yourself"`. Book about Botticelli, Leonardo Da Vinci, Donatello, Fra Angelico, Mantegna, Masaccio, Michelangelo & Uccello. Time Period Renaissance. Locale: Italy. (Art, Architecture, Art, Painting, Sculpture, Symbolism).

DUNCAN BAIRD PUBLISHERS, 2009. DURA BOLSILLO. Bien/Pobre. LIBRO EN INGLESThe mind of the Renaissance artist differs from our modern mind in its habit of encoding meanings into symbols - everything from beehives to centaurs. Often these meanings drew upon a traditional symbolic repertoire available to Renaissance man but now largely disused. However sometimes a more esoteric meaning was encoded in a painting sculpture building or other visual artefact or in a text - perhaps even a hidden political message or an expression of heretical faith. The Secret Language of the Renaissance peels back these layers of meaning in three distinct detailed sections. Part One is a vivid immersion in the culture of this remarkable period encompassing literature painting sculpture and the decorative arts. Part Two offers a wide-ranging guide to the essential elements of symbolic language in Renaissance art including colour geometry light and shade proportion perspective and body language. Part Three the heart of the… Read More