Michael Baxandall (1933–2008)
Author of Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy: A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Style
About the Author
Art historian Michael Baxandall was born in Cardiff, England. He studied at Downing College at Cambridge; the University of Pavia in Italy; and the Institute of Art History at Munich. He taught at numerous universities throughout his lifetime including Oxford University, the University of London, show more Cornell University, and the University of California at Berkeley. His books include Giotto and the Orators; Painting and Experience in 15th-Century Italy; The Limewood Sculptors of Renaissance Germany; and Shadows and Enlightenment. He died of pneumonia associated with Parkinson's disease on August 12, 2008 at the age of 74. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by Michael Baxandall
Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy: A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Style (1972) 893 copies, 2 reviews
Giotto and the Orators: Humanist Observers of Painting in Italy and the Discovery of Pictorial Composition (1971) 80 copies
A masterpiece by Hubert Gerhard 2 copies
Della Francesca 1 copy
Bartholomaeus Facius on Painting : A Fifteenth-Century Manuscript of the "De Viris Illustribus" (1964) 1 copy
Piero della Francesca 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Baxandall, Michael
- Legal name
- Baxandall, Michael David Kighley
- Birthdate
- 1933-08-18
- Date of death
- 2008-08-12
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Downing College, Cambridge University (B.A.|1954|M.A.|1958)
- Occupations
- art historian
professor
curator - Organizations
- Warburg Institute, University of London
University of California, Berkeley
Victoria and Albert Museum - Awards and honors
- MacArthur Fellowship (1988)
Mitchell Prize for Art History (1980)
Fellow, British Academy (1982)
Edmund Gardner Prize (1972)
Aby M. Warburg Preis (1988)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1991) - Relationships
- Simon, Kay (wife)
Baxandall, David (father) - Cause of death
- pneumonia
- Nationality
- UK
Wales - Birthplace
- Cardiff, Wales, UK
- Places of residence
- London, England, UK
- Place of death
- London, England, UK
- Associated Place (for map)
- England, UK
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Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy: A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Style (Oxford Paperbacks) by Michael Baxandall
Fascinating so far. Discusses how paintings came to be, the relationships and contracts between the patrons and commissioners and the artists and their apprentices, and how the whole process evolved over the century.
Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy: A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Style (Oxford Paperbacks by Michael Baxandall
Seems like a good book, haven't read it yet though
Incredibile saggio di storia dell'arte assolutamente da leggere. Non è, come pure tanti hanno detto, un saggio di storia sociale dell'arte. Si tratta di un saggio che pone in primo piano tutte, ma proprio tutte, quelle cause che portano alla nascita dell'opera d'arte. Alcuni esempi presi in esame nel libro: il Forth Bridge di Baker e il ritratto di Kahnweiler di Picasso. Un ponte tra critica storia per capire l'opera d'arte, la sua nascita e la sua funzione.
Jun 12, 2008Italian
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