Download or read book The Arts in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance written by P. L. Jacob and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oil paintings are examined alongside frescos, tapestries, sculptures in bronze and marble, manuscript illuminations, objects in precious metals, and a wide range of other works. Welch explains artistic techniques and workshop practices, and discusses contextual issues such as artist-patron relationships, political and religious uses of art, and the ways in which visual imagery related to contemporary sexual and social behaviour. Above all she recreates the experiences of contemporary Italians - the patrons who commissioned the works, the members of the public who viewed them, and the artists who produced them.