This round goes to BHA, for its indexing of this title:
The intellectual life of the early Renaissance artist.
Francis Ames-Lewis
2000
In English. Book x, 322 p. :; ill. (some col.), 1 plan; bibliogr., index
New Haven, CT : London : Yale University Press, ; ISBN: 0300083041
BHA provides this tasty summary:
"Explores how early Renaissance artists gained recognition for the intellectual foundations of their activities and achieved artistic autonomy from enlightened patrons. Focuses especially on the ways such artists as Mantegna, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Dürer, and others pressed for intellectual independence and status."
and more importantly, these index terms:
Artists.
Italy.
Germany.
1400-1600.
Intellectual life.
Social status.
Renaissance.
Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528.
Mantegna, Andrea, 1431-1506.
Raffaello Sanzio, 1483-1520.
Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519.
Humanism.
Let's check the same title in the Library Catalog:
Here's the subject headings provided:
Artists -- Europe -- Intellectual life -- 15th century.
Artists -- Europe -- Intellectual life -- 16th century.
Art, Renaissance.
Now, the Bookcharmer understands the "Rule of Three" as so well explained by Thomas Mann in his Oxford Guide to Library Research, but these headings are soooo broad, that unless one went and physically browsed, you wouldn't know the specific artists discussed, and there are more than just a few that will fall into Art, Renaissance.
Normally I'm quite at ease with the idea of searching subject headings in book catalogs and specific artists and pieces in the article indexes...but today I'm experiencing a vague dissatisfaction with this duality!
Monday, September 29, 2008
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