Federico Barocci: Inspiration and Innovation in Early Modern Italy

ISBN-13: 9781472449603 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 224 str.

Judith W. Mann

Opis

Reviewers of a recent exhibition termed Federico Barocci (ca. 1533-1612), 'the greatest artist you ve never heard of'. One of the first original iconographers of the Counter Reformation, Barocci was a remarkably inventive religious painter and draftsman, and the first Italian artist to incorporate extensive color into his drawings. The purpose of this volume is to offer new insights into Barocci s work and to accord this artist, the dates of whose career fall between the traditional Renaissance and Baroque periods, the critical attention he deserves. Employing a range of methodologies, the essays include new ideas on Barocci s masterpiece, the Entombment; fresh thinking about his use of color in his drawings and innovative design methods; insights into his approach to the nude; revelations on a key early patron; a consideration of the reasons behind some of his most original iconography; an analysis of his unusual approach to the marketing of his pictures; an exploration of some little-known aspects of his early production, such as his reliance on Italian majolica and contemporary sculpture in developing his compositions; and an examination of a key Barocci document, the post mortem inventory of his studio. A transcription of the inventory is included as an appendix."

O autorze

Judith W. Mann is Curator of European Art to 1800 at the Saint Louis Art Museum, USA.