Author(s): Ron Radford et al

Art

Renaissance: 15th and 16th century Italian paintings from the Accademia Carrara, Bergamo, features paintings by some of the greatest artists in Renaissance Italy. Raphael, Botticelli, Bellini and Titian, among others, form an amazing array of talent and creative splendour. These exquisite paintings, made between 1400 and 1600, come from centres of Renaissance high culture in Florence, Venice, Siena, Padua, Perugia, Urbino, Ferrara, Verona, Mantua, Milan, Bergamo and Rome. The works are from the collection of one of Italys finest art museums, the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo. This beautiful book reflects the genius and creativity of the two centuries of Italian Renaissance art that are the foundation of the grand tradition of European painting.