The art of the Renaissance. Italy. XIV-XV century. Stepanov A.

Books of the St. Petersburg art critic Alexander Viktorovich Stepanov, dedicated to the art of the Renaissance, invariably enjoy the love of readers. Placing the work of the famous masters of the Renaissance in a wide historical and cultural context, the author finds new, unexpected angles for each of them, due to which the works, behind which for many centuries of existence, the status of textbooks have been enshrined, suddenly found a chance to be seen and rethought again.

Written in a lively, bright manner, the first of the three books about the Renaissance is considering the heroic period of the Italian Quatrocento and the work of his titans: Giotto, Brunellesky, Donatello, Mazacchio, Botticelli, Perujino and many others.

The book of A. V. Stepanov has universality in the best sense of the word: while a dynamic, exciting narrative will be interesting to the widespread reader, the academic depth of the study puts it on a par with the works of the world's largest experts in the field the art of the Renaissance.