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In the Age of Giorgione
Simone Facchinetti
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Description for In the Age of Giorgione
Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Venice at the start of the sixteenth century was Europe's undisputed capital of culture: home to some of the finest artists of the Italian Renaissance, whose importance stretched far beyond the region. The first great painter to emerge was also the most mysterious: little is known about Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco, known as Giorgione (1478-1510), and few works have been attributed to him with any certainty, yet he painted what is considered to be the first landscape in Western art history, and his influence was profoundly felt by contemporaries including Lorenzo Lotto and Titian. This sumptuous volume brings together many ... Read more
Venice at the start of the sixteenth century was Europe's undisputed capital of culture: home to some of the finest artists of the Italian Renaissance, whose importance stretched far beyond the region. The first great painter to emerge was also the most mysterious: little is known about Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco, known as Giorgione (1478-1510), and few works have been attributed to him with any certainty, yet he painted what is considered to be the first landscape in Western art history, and his influence was profoundly felt by contemporaries including Lorenzo Lotto and Titian. This sumptuous volume brings together many ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Royal Academy of Arts United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
1156g
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910350263
SKU
V9781910350263
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99-15
About Simone Facchinetti
Simone Facchinetti is curator at the Museo Adriano Bernareggi, Bergamo, Italy. Arturo Galansino is director of the Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Florence. He was previously an exhibition curator at the Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Reviews for In the Age of Giorgione
Superb, brilliantly presented with drama, sympathy, mounting surprises and the kind of deep scholarship that doesn't just document art but actually loves it. It is in every respect exemplary.
Laura Cumming The Guardian Gorgeous catalogue by Simone Facchinetti and Arturo Galansino.
Paul Levy Arts Journal
Laura Cumming The Guardian Gorgeous catalogue by Simone Facchinetti and Arturo Galansino.
Paul Levy Arts Journal