Paintings – Introductory Reading – Politics, Art and Culture in the Italian Renaissance: Venice and Florence, c. 1475

WORKSHOP PRACTICE AND COMMISSIONS

10 Minute Read: Although an introduction to drawings, the text below, and the exhibition catalogue in which it can be found, provide some useful information on the Renaissance workshop.

Ames-Lewis, Francis and Joanne Wright. Drawing in the Italian Renaissance Workshop. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1983

30 Minute Read: A comprehensive introduction to Renaissance workshop structure and practice. A good place to start.

Reilly, Patricia R. “Artists Workshops.” The Cambridge Companion to the Italian Renaissance edited by Michael Wyatt: 84 – 99. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. (Digitised on Solo).

A collection of short essays from a recent exhibition at the Met on unfinished paintings. The first section is dedicated to Renaissance works.

Baum, Kelly, Andrea Bayer and Sheena Wagstaff (eds.). Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2016. Although not fully digitised, the Google Books preview is quite generous.

If you have a lot of time to spare, Wackernagel’s text covers workshop practices in great detail. Not the easiest of reads, but dipping in and out of relevant chapters could be useful.

Wackernagel, Martin. The World of the Florentine Renaissance Artist: Projects and Patrons, Workshop and Art Market, translated by Alison Luchs. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1981. (Digitised on Archive.com).

Politics, Art and Culture in the Italian Renaissance: Venice and Florence, c. 1475 - 1525