The Altarpiece in Renaissance Venice
Language: English
Published by Yale University Press, 1993
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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ix, 382 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 30 cm. issued in a slip case. Contents: Introduction. The altarpiece as a type ; Venice as a centre ; Changing formats ; Questions of terminology Part I : Contexts The physical environment. The church of San Marco ; The Byzantine tradition ; The Gothic tradition ; The new architecture ; Secular buildings ; Accessories ; Lights and lighting Purposes and uses. The religious life of the laity ; The juspatronatus of altars ; Subjects and dedications ; The altarpiece and lay devotion ; Lessons and reminders ; Altarpieces and non-altarpieces Donors. The clergy ; Individuals and families ; Confraternities ; Officers of state ; The export market Business practices. Decisions of form and content ; Methods of construction ; Painters and frame-makers ; Costs and payments ; Travel and transport ; Imports Part II : Objects Renaissance beginnings (c. 1450-1475). The Gothic tradition ; Development in Padua ; The "Paduan" format in Venice ; The creation of the sacra conversazione ; Two commissions for Pesaro Antonello and his Heritage (c. 1475-1500). Antonello's Venetian altarpiece ; The sacra conversazione triumphant ; Polytychs and triptychs 1475-1500 ; The emergence of the narrative altarpiece From early to sacra conversazione ; Developments in the narrative altarpiece ; Polyptychs and triptychs 1500-c. 1520 ; The foreigners. 8. Sculpture (a. 1450-1530). Polyptychs and tabernacles ; Reliefs ; The bronze altarpiece ; The architectural altarpiece Epilogue: Titian after Bellini. The Assunta ; The transformation of the sacra conversazione ; Two commissions for terraferma prelates ; The Death of St Peter Martyr Appendix: Some Major Venetian Altarpieces 1450-1530.…
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- Title
- The Altarpiece in Renaissance Venice
- Author
- Humfrey, Peter
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Publication year
- 1993
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0300053584
- ISBN 13
- 9780300053586
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item weight
- 2,313 grams
- Dimensions
- 26.04 centimeters width by 30.48 centimeters height by 3.81 centimeters depth
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