A Guide to the Paintings in the Churches and Minor Museums of Florence: A Critical Catalogue With Quotations from Vasari - Couverture rigide
Synopsis
""A Guide To The Paintings In The Churches And Minor Museums Of Florence: A Critical Catalogue With Quotations From Vasari"" is a comprehensive guidebook written by Maud Cruttwell in 1908. The book provides a detailed analysis of the paintings found in various churches and minor museums in Florence, Italy. The author has carefully curated a critical catalogue of the artworks, including information on the artists, the historical context in which the paintings were created, and the techniques used by the painters. The guidebook also features quotations from the famous Italian art historian and painter, Giorgio Vasari, providing readers with a deeper insight into the significance of the paintings. The book is an excellent resource for art enthusiasts, historians, and tourists who wish to explore the rich cultural heritage of Florence.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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Présentation de l'éditeur
The churches of Florence date, for the most part, from before the XI century, though few show any remains of their original construction. The Baptistery (formerly the Cathedral), S. Miniato,and the Badia of Fiesole still retain their ancientyp.f, but for the most part the buildings in their present state date from the XIII and XIV centuries. These early churches were originally covered with frescoes, chiefly by Giotto and his immediate followers. They are attributed mostly to Spinello A retino, a name that has become almost a generic term for Giottesque work of the XIV century. Few of these frescoes remain. Many of them, already in a state of decay, were destroyed in the XV century to make way for new paintings. The walls of the churches of Florence are a palimpsest, and for the most part, therefore, the Giottesque frescoes are irrecoverably destroyed. Ghirlandaio, for example, painted over the half-ruined frescoes of Orcagna in the Choir of S. Maria Novella, and A lesso Baldovinetti destroyed earlier work to repaint the Choir of S. Trinita. Many,
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