Pisanello: Painter to the Renaissance Court
Language: English
Published by London: National Gallery Company, 2001., 2001
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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First Edition. Small 4to. xii, 264 pp. Black cloth lettered in gray at spine. Shelfwear. Jacket faintly creased. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket.
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- Title
- Pisanello: Painter to the Renaissance Court
- Author
- Luke Syson; Dillian Gordon
- Publisher
- London: National Gallery Company, 2001.
- Publication year
- 2001
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 185709932X
- ISBN 13
- 9781857099324
- Edition
- 1st Edition
Pisanello's art is exceptional for both its elegance and its naturalism. While he treats subjects from legend and the Bible, he transposes them to his own time, offering us a vivid picture of life in Italy in the fifteenth century. He studied from nature in finely rendered drawings of wildlife, often coloured, incorporating into his paintings many lively and astonishingly naturalistic details of animals and birds. Taking two of his famous panel paintings in London's National Gallery as their starting point, the authors examine their subject matter, how they were made and their place in the courtly culture of the fifteenth century. The Vision of Saint Eustace shows the richly clad saint, on horseback, in a woodland abounding with such details - deer, hounds, hare, bear and various birds. The Virgin and Child with Saint George and Saint Anthony Abbot depicts the two saints in a landscape with, above them, a vision of the Virgin and Child. In both pictures Pisanello lovingly describes the costumes and their details. Those worn by Saints Eustace and George both reflect the courtly fashions of the period.
These paintings are examined in the context of related paintings, preparatory drawings, medals, manuscript illuminations and tapestries. The book explores the associated themes of chivalric values and humanist study at court. Pisanello was also in great demand as a medallist, extending his skills as a draughtsman to this medium and transforming the art of the portrait medal.
This book is published to accompany an exhibition to be held at the National Gallery in London from 24 October 2001 to 13 January 2002.
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