Description
This fascinating book provides a fresh perspective on the understanding of sacred imagery and its use through selected studies related to seventeenthcentury Roman visual culture. Painting, Patronage and Deovtion: A Focus on Seven Roman Baroque Masterpieces will accompany an exhibition of works by prominent Baroque artists, at the Villa Mondragone, a Renaissance Papal Villa in the countryside of Rome.
The highlight of catalogue and exhibition is a group of masterpieces by seven prominent artists of the seventeenth century: six altarpieces by Carlo Saraceni, Valentin de Boulogne, Andrea Sacchi, Andrea Camassei, Pietro da Cortona, and Carlo Maratti, and one easel painting by Guido Reni commissioned for private devotion. Most of the paintings will be on public view for the first time.
The publication offers new approaches to the study of the complex processes involved in the making of a work of art. By reconstructing the religious and social dynamics of artistic patronage and the context of worship and devotion in which these paintings - fully documented by primary sources - were executed, the volume explores the visual impact of these works on the viewers.
This beautifully illustrated book will feature remarkable new photographs and details of diagnostic analysis of Pietro da Cortona's and Carlo Maratti's altarpieces.
About the Author
Giovan Battista Fidanza is Professor of Early Modern Art History at the University of Rome "Tor Vergata". He is Editor-in-chief of Rivista d'Arte (Leo S. Olschki, Florence). Guendalina Serafinelli teaches at the Catholic University of America, Rome Center and is Advisor to the American Academy in Rome.
Book Information
ISBN 9781913645144
Author Giovan Battista Fidanza
Format Paperback
Page Count 128
Imprint Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd
Publisher Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd
The highlight of catalogue and exhibition is a group of masterpieces by seven prominent artists of the seventeenth century: six altarpieces by Carlo Saraceni, Valentin de Boulogne, Andrea Sacchi, Andrea Camassei, Pietro da Cortona, and Carlo Maratti, and one easel painting by Guido Reni commissioned for private devotion. Most of the paintings will be on public view for the first time.
The publication offers new approaches to the study of the complex processes involved in the making of a work of art. By reconstructing the religious and social dynamics of artistic patronage and the context of worship and devotion in which these paintings - fully documented by primary sources - were executed, the volume explores the visual impact of these works on the viewers.
This beautifully illustrated book will feature remarkable new photographs and details of diagnostic analysis of Pietro da Cortona's and Carlo Maratti's altarpieces.
About the Author
Giovan Battista Fidanza is Professor of Early Modern Art History at the University of Rome "Tor Vergata". He is Editor-in-chief of Rivista d'Arte (Leo S. Olschki, Florence). Guendalina Serafinelli teaches at the Catholic University of America, Rome Center and is Advisor to the American Academy in Rome.
Book Information
ISBN 9781913645144
Author Giovan Battista Fidanza
Format Paperback
Page Count 128
Imprint Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd
Publisher Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd
