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The Resource Early Italian painting, Joseph Archer Crowe and Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle, Anna Jameson

Early Italian painting, Joseph Archer Crowe and Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle, Anna Jameson

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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 frescos on walls, but created the first mobile paintings on wooden panels. The faces 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 will discover how the sacred began to take a more human form through these forgotten masterworks, opening a discrete but definitive door through the use of anthropomorphism, a technique that would be cherished by the Renaissance
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eng
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Early Italian painting
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Early Italian painting
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Joseph Archer Crowe and Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle, Anna Jameson
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eng
Summary
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 frescos on walls, but created the first mobile paintings on wooden panels. The faces 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 will discover how the sacred began to take a more human form through these forgotten masterworks, opening a discrete but definitive door through the use of anthropomorphism, a technique that would be cherished by the Renaissance
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1825-1896
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Crowe, J. A.
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759.5
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non fiction
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  • 1819-1897
  • 1794-1860
  • 1825-1896
  • 1794-1860
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  • Cavalcaselle, G. B.
  • Jameson
  • Crowe, J. A.
  • Jameson
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Art of century collection
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  • Painting, Italian
  • Painting, Medieval
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Early Italian painting, Joseph Archer Crowe and Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle, Anna Jameson
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1 online resource.
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9781783103928
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Early Italian painting, Joseph Archer Crowe and Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle, Anna Jameson
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Publication
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online resource
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rdacarrier.
Color
multicolored
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text
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  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
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MWT11751783
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unknown
Extent
1 online resource.
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  • online
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Digital content provided by hoopla
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9781783103928
Media category
computer
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rdamedia.
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  • c
Publisher number
MWT11751783
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remote
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11751783
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Mode of access: World Wide Web

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