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Item Details
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RENAISSANCE FACES
VAN EYCK TO TITIAN |
| By: |
Lorne Campbell, National Gallery Company Limited, Miguel Falomir |
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Paperback |
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£14.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1857094077 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781857094077 |
| Publisher: |
NATIONAL GALLERY COMPANY LTD |
| Pub. date: |
7 January, 2011 |
| Pages: |
304 |
| Description: |
Explores the development of portrait painting in Northern and Southern Europe during the Renaissance, when the genre first flourished. This book considers the relationship between artists of the north and south to illuminate the notion of likeness. It offers research on some of the greatest portraitists of the period. |
| Synopsis: |
This comprehensive survey traces the development of portrait painting in Northern and Southern Europe during the Renaissance, when the genre first flourished. These two regions developed their own distinct styles and techniques but were also influenced by one another in fascinating ways. In essays that focus on the intriguing relationship between artists working in Italy and northern Europe, renowned specialists analyze the notion of likeness--which, during this time, was based not only on accurate reference for posterity but also incorporated all aspects of human life, including propaganda, power, courtship, love, family, ambition, and hierarchy--through magnificent works by artists including Giovanni Bellini, Sandro Botticelli, Lucas Cranach, Albrecht Durer, Jan van Eyck, Leonardo da Vinci, and Titian, among many others. The authors address different portrait types, styles, techniques, and iconographies, and discuss the connections between painting and sculpture and portrait medals. This stunning book also addresses the evolution of the full-length portrait and the "anti-ideal" in counter-portraits, which depict court jesters and dwarves.In these often satirical representations, painters could show off their skills as recorders of likeness without the restrictions imposed by idealization. |
| Illustrations: |
190 colour illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
National Gallery Company Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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