The Spectacle of Clouds, 1439-1650: Italian Art and Theatre

ISBN-13: 9781138310353 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 216 str.

Buccheri, Alessandra

Opis

The Spectacle of Clouds examines the different ways Heaven has been conceived and represented from the fifteenth to the seventeenth century, crossing over into the fields of history, religion and philosophy.

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction; Cloud machinery: a heritage from the Middle Ages; Designing paradise: Brunelleschi, Leonardo, and Vasari; Platform clouds vs bubble clouds: Raphael vs Correggio; Court theatre in the 16th century: only the Medici go to heaven; Why clouds can be trouble: the challenge of foreshortening; From volume to structure: towards a new heaven; The Tuscan School in Rome in the 17th century: a struggle for identity; A burst of heaven on earth: the Glory of Saints at Santi Quattro Coronati; The triumph of Baroque clouds in art and theatre; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

O autorze

Dr Alessandra Buccheri is specialised in early Modern Italian art. She studied at the universities of Florence and Oxford, where she received her PhD. She is currently a lecturer at the Fine Art University of Palermo, Italy.