The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry

by Walter Pater

Overview

Peter's assessments of Renaissance art have had a crucial influence on the art criticism of the last hunded years.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781481087971
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	11/24/2012
Pages:	132
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.31(d)

About the Author

Walter Horatio Pater (August 4, 1839 – July 30, 1894) was an English essayist, literary and art critic, and fiction writer, regarded as one of the great stylists. His works on Renaissance subjects were popular but controversial, reflecting his lost belief in Christianity.

Donald L. Hill (1914-1997) was was Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Michigan.

Table of Contents

List of lllustrations
Editor's Preface
Textual Corrections and Emendations

The Renaissance
Preface
Two Early French Stories
Pico della Mirandola
Sandro Botticelli
Luca della Robbia
The Poetry of Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
The School of Giorgione
Joachim du Bellay
Winckelmann
Conclusion

Pater's Review of Children in Italian and English Design,
by Sidney Colvin

Pater's Review of Renaissance in Italy: The Age of the Despots,
by John Addington Symonds

A Pater Chronology
Textual Notes
Critical and Explanatory Notes
Original Texts of Passages Translated in the Notes
Index