Almost all art was church centered and to question creation or any other view of life and the living other than what the Catholic Church deemed divine was frowned upon, forbidden and dangerous.
During the Renaissance artists, scientists and thinkers began to explore the world and universe around them. No longer were magnificent buildings, art and society restricted to religious themes. Humanism was in full swing. The rich paid to have art for art’s sake and while the Catholic Church was still a powerful force it was one patron among many.
The Renaissance not only excelled in the arts but other areas as well-including war.
Leave it to man to create beauty and then the means by which to destroy it all.
In Rizzoli Electa’s large, hardbound book with a dust jacket: Art & War In The Renaissance The Battle Of Pavia Tapestries is a magnificent collection of photos, art and text.
The book was published in conjunction with Battle of Pavia Tapestries presentations in the United States at various museums.
The book examines the tapestries, their imagery, the various scenes depicted, how the tapestries came about in the 16th Century, who financed them, their importance, and more.
Know as some of the most beautiful and intricate tapestries ever made they also depict not only the battle but also provide a wonderful showcase of the attire, weapons, countryside and dwellings of that period.
Also included is a color gallery of weapons and armor from the battle and that particular place in time as on display at the Neapolitan Institution collection of arms and armor.
It is an exhaustive study of the tapestries as presented by well-known scholars, historians and experts.
Beautiful color plates, photographs and engrossing and riveting text bring the past alive.
Lose yourself in the past. Imagine living in such an age. Marvel at the resurgence of art and more and marvel.
Proverbs 17:6 - Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
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