Grotesques: Sixteenth-century Frescoes in Rome, Florence, and Northern Italy - Couverture souple

Hansen, Maria Fabricius

 
9788775975563: Grotesques: Sixteenth-century Frescoes in Rome, Florence, and Northern Italy
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 8775975564 ISBN 13 : 9788775975563
Editeur : Aarhus University Press, 2025

Synopsis

When the term, Grotesques, first arose around the year 1500 in Italy, it referred specifically to ornamental frescoes featuring exceptionally inventive, noteworthy, humorous, or monstrous motifs. These paintings became a preferred decoration in the period's exquisite villas, palaces, and churches of Rome, Florence and Northern Italy.  Lavishly illustrated, this book is an art historical introduction and guide to grotesques and decorative frescoes of the sixteenth-century, and offers a new perspective on the visual culture of an era in which art was rooted in ancient and medieval worldviews yet also on a trajectory toward Modernity.  Distributed for Aarhus University Press

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À propos de l?auteur

Maria Fabricius Hansen is professor in art history at the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen. Her primary field of research is Italian art and architecture from late antiquity until c.1600.

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Éditeur
Aarhus University Press
Date d'édition
2025
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
8775975564
ISBN 13 
9788775975563
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
244
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