The Arts of Fire: Islamic Influences on Glass and Ceramics of the Italian Renaissance Tapa blanda - 2004 - 1st Edición

J. Paul Getty Museum, 2004-06-10. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Museum Publications. New. 2004. Paperback. 089236758X .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened -- 184 pages; 70 color illustrations, 1 map, Description: "Students and scholars of the Italian Renaissance easily fall under the spell of its achievements: its self-confident humanism, its groundbreaking scientific innovations, its ravishing artistic production. Yet many of the developments in Italian ceramics and glass were made possible by Italy's proximity to the Islamic world. The Arts of Fire underscores how central the Islamic influence was on this luxury art of the Italian Renaissance. Published to coincide with an exhibition at the Getty Museum on view from May 4 to September 5, 2004, The Arts of Fire demonstrates how many of the techniques of glass and ceramic production and ornamentation were first developed in the Islamic East between the… Leer más