Piero Di Cosimo: The Poetry of Painting in Renaissance Florence - Couverture rigide

Geronimus, Dennis; Brilliant, Virginia; Franklin, David

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1848221738 ISBN 13 : 9781848221734

Editeur : Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, 2015

Synopsis

Born in 1462, an auspicious time for hopeful young painters in Renaissance Florence, Piero di Cosimo left the city's artistic landscape forever changed upon his death in 1522. The singular vision of this highly esteemed painter is beautifully presented in this important publication, which accompanies the first-ever retrospective of di Cosimo's astonishing career. A contemporary of luminaries such as Botticelli, Leonardo and Michelangelo, Piero di Cosimo was regarded in his day as a creative spirit of uncommon imagination. As a poet his fantastic inventions rivalled the verses of the shining lights of ancient Greece and Rome, whose myths and allegories he set out to transform in a strange language all his own. As a masterful painter of both sacred and profane subjects he could flit between complex, crowded compositions and scenes of intimate, tranquil lyricism. This groundbreaking publication demonstrates di Cosimo's range through in-depth discussions of individual works that help to substantiate specific interpretations and cases of authorship while also addressing the broader social and religious functions of image-making in the period. This unique publication makes a significant contribution to our understanding of a true Italian master, arguably Renaissance art's most spellbinding storyteller.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Dennis Geronimus is Associate Professor of Renaissance Art History at New York University and guest curator of the exhibition. Virginia Brilliant is Curator of European art at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota. David Franklin is Director of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Gretchen Hirschauer is Associate Curator of Italian paintings at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC and co-curator of the exhibition. Alison Luchs is Curator of early European sculpture at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Serena Padovani is Director Emerita of the Galleria Palatina in Florence. Elizabeth Walmsley is a conservator of paintings at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1848221738
• ISBN 13: 9781848221734
• Reliure: Relié
• Illustrateur: Walmsley Elizabeth
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Éditeur: Hirschauer Gretchen, Luchs Alison, Padovani Serena
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible