The Renaissance Portrait - From Donatello to Bellini

图书标准信息

• 作者 Keith、Stefan、Patricia Lee、Beverly、Peter Humfrey 著
• 出版社 Yale University Press
• 出版时间 2011-09
• ISBN 9780300175912
• 定价 683.90元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 400页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

InthewordsofculturalhistorianJacobBurkhardt,fifteenth-centuryItalywas"theplacewherethenotionoftheindividualwasborn."Inkeepingwiththatidea,earlyRenaissanceItalywasakeyparticipant?inthefirstgreatageofportraitureinEurope.Asgroundbreakingartistsstrovetoevoketheidentityorpersonalityoftheirsitters—fromheadsofstateandchurch,militarycommanders,andwealthypatronstoscholars,poets,and?artists—theyevolveddaringnewrepresentationalstrategiesthatwouldprofoundlyinfluencethecourseofWestern?art.Morethanamerelikeness,thefifteenth-centuryItalianportraitwasanattempttowrestfromtheunpredictabilityoflifeandtheshadowofmortalityandimagethatcouldbepasseddowntofuturegenerations.The?RenaissancePortrait,whichaccompaniesalandmarkexhibitionattheBode-Museum,Berlin,andTheMetropolitanMuseumofArt,NewYork,?providesnewresearchandinsightintotheearlyhistoryofportraitureinItaly,examiningindetailhowitsmajorartcenters—Florence,theprincelycourts,andVenice—sawtherapiddevelopmentofportraitureascloselylinkedtoRenaissancesocietyandpolitics,ideasoftheindividual,andconceptsofbeauty.EssaysbyleadingscholarsprovideathoroughintroductiontoRenaissanceportraiture,whileindividualcatalogueentriesillustrateandextensivelydiscussmorethan160magnificentexamplesofpainting,drawing,manuscriptillumination,sculpture,andmedallicportraiturebysuchartists?asDonatello,FilippoLippi,Botticelli,Verrocchio,Ghirlandaio,Pisanello,Mantegna,AntonellodaMessina,andGiovanniBellini.Withabundantstyleandvisualingenuity,thesemasterstransformedtheplainfactsofobservationintosomethingbeautifultobehold.

【作者简介】

KeithChristiansenisJohnPope-HennessyChairmanofEuropeanPaintingsatTheMetropolitanMuseumofArt.StefanWeppelmanniscuratorofearlyItalianandSpanishpaintingattheGem?ldegalerieinBerlin.