Background
Mrs. Rubin was born in the United States in 1951.
(Vasari's Lives of the Painters, Sculptors, and Architects...)
Vasari's Lives of the Painters, Sculptors, and Architects are and always have been central texts for the study of the Italian Renaissance. They can and should be read in many ways. Since their publication in the mid-sixteenth century, they have been a source of both information and pleasure.
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1995
(This lovely book details the activities of the leading ar...)
This lovely book details the activities of the leading artists of Florence during the 1470s, when Lorenzo de`Medici and his allies were cultivating the visual arts as an important means of asserting influence. The book discusses the art of Andrea Verrocchio, Antonio and Piero Pollaiuolo, Sandro Botticelli, and Filippino Lippi; the competition and collaboration among them; and the religious, political, and social contexts of their work.
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(Renaissance Florence, of endless fascination for the beau...)
Renaissance Florence, of endless fascination for the beauty of its art and architecture, is no less intriguing for its dynamic political, economic, and social life. In this book Patricia Lee Rubin crosses the boundaries of all these areas to arrive at an original and comprehensive view of the place of images in Florentine society.
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(Art, Memory and Family in Renaissance Florence examines t...)
Art, Memory and Family in Renaissance Florence examines the relationship between the production of objects and the production of memory and history in fifteenth-century Florence. Recent studies of Florence by cultural, social, political and economic historians have resulted in a considerable knowledge of family life in this period and the significance of family, kin and neighborhood in the social and political life of the city.
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(Creative Writing and Art History considers the ways in wh...)
Creative Writing and Art History considers the ways in which the writing of art history intersects with creative writing. Essays range from the analysis of historical examples of art historical writing that have a creative element to examinations of contemporary modes of creative writing about art.
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Mrs. Rubin was born in the United States in 1951.
Rubin received her Bachelor of Arts from Yale University in 1975, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She received her Master of Arts from the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, in 1978, and her Doctor of Philosophy from Harvard University in 1986.
Mrs. Rubin was deputy director at the Courtauld Institute of Art. From 2009-2017 she was the Judy and Michael Steinhardt Director at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.
(This lovely book details the activities of the leading ar...)
(Art, Memory and Family in Renaissance Florence examines t...)
(Renaissance Florence, of endless fascination for the beau...)
(Vasari's Lives of the Painters, Sculptors, and Architects...)
1995(Creative Writing and Art History considers the ways in wh...)