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Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 2001. Comprehensive scholarly text focuses on the most important and innovative artists of the Italian Renaissance and their principle works, including discussions of early humanism and the role of Petrarch; the late Byzantine work of Cimabue; Giotto, Duccio, Lorenzetti, Orcagna, Andrea da Firenze; the Quattrocento, with Masaccio, Donatello, Ghiberti and Brunelleschi; major artistic centers in Rome, Florence, Venice, Verona, Siena, Umbria, Pienza, Naples, Urbino, Mantua, Ferrara, Rimini and the Marches; the transition to Mannerism; descriptions of artists' media and techniques; biographical data; etc. 420 pgs. Over 400 Illustrations including maps, plans, and diagrams. 215 reproduced in full color. Dustjacket in mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.