ID - 86151170 TI - The intellectual education of the Italian Renaissance artist PY - 2021 SN - 9781108916899 9781108831321 9781108932738 1108918328 1108924743 1108916899 1108932738 110883132X PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - History of education and educational sciences KW - Didactics of the arts KW - History of Italy KW - Renaissance KW - Artists KW - anno 1400-1499 KW - anno 1500-1599 KW - Intellectual life KW - History. KW - Education KW - Italy KW - Education, Humanistic KW - History KW - Persons KW - Education, Liberal KW - Humanistic education KW - Liberal arts education KW - Liberal education KW - Classical education KW - Intellectual life. KW - kunstenaarsopleiding KW - Books and reading KW - artist's trainings UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:86151170 AB - Scholars have traditionally viewed the Italian Renaissance artist as a gifted, but poorly educated craftsman whose complex and demanding works were created with the assistance of a more educated advisor. These assumptions are, in part, based on research that has focused primarily on the artist's social rank and workshop training. In this volume, Angela Dressen explores the range of educational opportunities that were available to the Italian Renaissance artist. Considering artistic formation within the history of education, Dressen focuses on the training of highly skilled, average artists, revealing a general level of learning that was much more substantial than has been assumed. She emphasizes the role of mediators who had a particular interest in augmenting artists' knowledge, and highlights how artists used Latin and vernacular texts to gain additional knowledge that they avidly sought. Dressen's volume brings new insights into a topic at the intersection of early modern intellectual, educational, and art history. ER -