Federico Barocci was among the most admired painters in sixteenth-century Italy, but the distinctive nature of his compelling altarpieces and their historical importance have never been fully understood. This important study relates Barocci's achievements to transformations in the theory and practice of painting during an era in which pictorial developments generated deep tensions for ecclesiastical art. Barocci was celebrated as one of the only painters whose religious works combined the sensuous allure increasingly ...
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Federico Barocci was among the most admired painters in sixteenth-century Italy, but the distinctive nature of his compelling altarpieces and their historical importance have never been fully understood. This important study relates Barocci's achievements to transformations in the theory and practice of painting during an era in which pictorial developments generated deep tensions for ecclesiastical art. Barocci was celebrated as one of the only painters whose religious works combined the sensuous allure increasingly desired in modern art with profound devotion. Through a close study of Barocci's work and of documents ranging from letters to art theory, Stuart Lingo reconstructs how the painter accomplished his artistic and cultural miracle. In so doing, he offers new insights into critical artistic issues in the late Renaissance, from the cultural significance of stylistic choices to the early development of analogies between painting and music as affective arts.
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First edition (hardback). 4to (30cm by 26cm), x, 292pp. 195 illustrations, mainly in colour. Original burgundy cloth, dustwrapper. Gift inscription to the half-title page, else the book and the dustwrapper are in very good condition. ISBN 9780300121254.
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VG (Boards show edgewear; DJ shows edgewear; pages are clean and bright; binding is solid. ) Burgundy cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on the spine; colorfully illustrated DJ with white lettering; illustrated endpapers; ix, 292 pp.; richly illustrated primarily in color. "Federico Barocci was among the most admired painters in sixteenth-century Italy, but the distinctive nature of his compelling altarpieces and their historical importance have never been fully understood. This important study relates Barocci's achievements to transformations in the theory and practice of painting during an era in which pictorial developments generated deep tensions for ecclesiastical art." "Barocci was celebrated as one of the only painters whose religious works combined the sensuous allure increasingly desired in modern art with profound devotion. Through a close study of Barocci's work and of documents ranging from letters to art theory, Stuart Lingo reconstructs how the painter accomplished his artistic and cultural miracle. In so doing, he offers new insights into critical artistic issues in the late Renaissance, from the cultural significance of stylistic choices to the early development of analogies between painting and music as affective arts."--Jacket.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Clean tight illustrated hardcover in jacket, a very good copy in a very good jacket. ALL ITEMS ARE SENT BY ROYAL MAIL.
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New. 0300121253. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened--ix, (1), 292 pages, 200 illustrations, half in color; 4to. --with a bonus offer--
