The Horn Book Guide

THE ARTS

Corrain, Lucia Galante, L. R., Illustrator

The Art of the Renaissance

64 pp. | Bedrick | January, 1998 | Library ISBN 0-87226-526-9

(4) YA Masters of Art series. These oversized volumes place their subjects in historical, social, cultural, and stylistic context. Each double-page spread addresses one aspect in a short paragraph, sidebars, captions for the many color reproductions, and usually an original, central illustration. 'Renaissance', organized chronologically and geographically, is easier to read than 'Chagall', which focuses mainly on cities he lived in and cultural developments of his time. Ind.

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