Piero della Francesca: Personal Encounters

Christiansen, Keith, with Bellucci, Roberto, and Frosinini, Cecilia, and Pizzati, Anna, and Rossi Scarzanella, Chiara

ISBN 10: 0300199465 / ISBN 13: 9780300199468

Edité par Metropolitan Museum of Art; Yale University Press, New York and New Haven, CT, 2014

A propos de cet article

96 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 23 cm. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, January 14 to March 30, 2014. Firm binding, clean inside copy. *** "This book tells the story of Italian Renaissance master Piero della Francesca (1411/13-1492) by focusing on four paintings he created over the span of his career. It also provides the first study of his small-scale devotional paintings, including the exquisite 'Saint Jerome and a Donor'. One of today's most prominent scholars narrates the painting's mysterious history and uncovers new insights gleaned during its recent study and restoration. The author explores the relationship between this painting and other works made by Piero for private devotion, including one of his last and most striking paintings, the magnificent 'Madonna di Senigallia'. New research describes the complex relationships between Piero and his patrons and other contemporaries. This book brims with revelatory details about Piero's work that will intrigue both casual readers and devoted fans of the artist, and will form a gateway to a larger analysis of Piero's overall body of work." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Piero della Francesca: Personal Encounters
• Éditeur: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Yale University Press, New York and New Haven, CT
• Date de parution: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0300199465
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780300199468
• Reliure: Paperback
• Édition: 1st.
• État de l'article: Fine
• Type de livre: Collectible
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Genre & Subject::Religious::Christian
  • European::4. Renaissance
  • European::Italian
  • New Books
  • XXX::COLLECTIBLES

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Synopsis

This book tells the story of Italian Renaissance master Piero della Francesca (1411/13–1492) by focusing on four paintings he created over the span of his career. It also provides the first study of his small-scale devotional paintings, including the exquisite Saint Jerome and a Donor. One of today’s most prominent scholars narrates the painting’s mysterious history and uncovers new insights gleaned during its recent study and restoration. The authors explore the relationship between this painting and other works made by Piero for private devotion, including one of his last and most striking paintings, the magnificent Madonna di Senigallia. New research describes the complex relationships between Piero and his patrons and other contemporaries. This book brims with revelatory details about Piero’s work that will intrigue both casual readers and devoted fans of the artist, and will form a gateway to a larger analysis of Piero’s overall body of work.

Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press

Exhibition Schedule:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
(01/13/14–03/30/14)

À propos de l?auteur

Keith Christiansen is the John Pope-Hennessy Chairman of the Department of European Paintings at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.