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Early Italian Art

By Crowe, Joseph Archer

Early Italian Art

By Crowe, Joseph Archer

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Oscillating between the majesty of the Greco-Byzantine tradition and the modernity predicted by Giotto, Early Italian Painting addresses the first important aesthetic movement that would lead to the Renaissance, the Italian Primitives. Trying new mediums and techniques, these revolutionary artists no longer painted frescoes on walls, but created the first mobile paintings on wooden panels. The visages of the figures were painted to shock the spectator in order to emphasise the divinity of the character being represented. The bright gold leafed backgrounds were used to highlight the godliness of the subject. The elegance of both line and colour were combined to reinforce specific symbolic choices. Ultimately the Early Italian artists wished to make the invisible - visible. In this magnificent book, the authors emphasise the importance that the rivalry between the Sienese and Florentine schools played in the evolution of art history. The reader, in the course of these forgotten masterworks, will discover how the sacred began to take a more human form, opening a discrete but definitive door through the use of anthropomorphism, a technique that would be cherished by the Renaissance.
Product details
Number of Pages:
72
Release Date:
2019-11-27
Publication Date:
2019-11-27
Publisher:
Parkstone International
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1683259203
ISBN13:
9781683259206
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
488 g
Height:
210 cm
Width:
266 cm
Thickness:
10 cm
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