The heritage of Apelles : studies in the art of the Renaissance

Oxford : Phaidon, 1976. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Panel edges slightly sun-toned. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series: Studies in the art of the Renaissance; 3. Physical description: viii, 250 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color); 26 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 245) and index. Contents: Lights and highlights. The heritage of Apelles ; Light, form and texture in fifteenth-century painting north and south of the alps -- Leonardo da Vinci's method of analysis and permutation ; The form of movement in water and air ; The grotesque heads -- Jerome Bosch's 'Garden of earthly delights' ; The earliest description of the triptych ; 'As was due in the days of Noe' -- Classical rules and rational standards ; From the revival of letters to the reform of the arts: Niccolo Niccoli and Filippo Brunelleschi ; The leaven of criticism of renaissance art: texts and episodes ; The pride of Apelles: Vives, D�rer and Bruegel. Subjects: Apelles; Apelles active 4th century B.C.; Art, Renaissance; Art Technique; Composition (Art); Art de la Renaissance; Art History.