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Michele Tosini and the Ghirlandaio Workshop in Cinquecento Florence
Heidi J. Hornik
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Description for Michele Tosini and the Ghirlandaio Workshop in Cinquecento Florence
Paperback. Sets out to establish Michele Tosini's critical role in sixteenth-century Mannerist art in Florence. He was well-trained, well-educated and well-liked, and created a highly productive workshop environment that not only succeeded but thrived in one of the most competitive ages of artistic production in the history of art. Num Pages: 211 pages, 12 colour & 30 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 382.
This book sets out to establish Michele Tosini's critical role in sixteenth-century Mannerist art in Florence. He was well-trained, well-educated and well-liked, and created a highly productive workshop environment that not only succeeded but thrived in one of the most competitive ages of artistic production in the history of art. To date, scholarship executed on Tosini (Carlo Gamba in 1928, Sydney Freedberg in 1974) has produced a plethora of misunderstandings about Tosini's role in the Florentine artistic community. The verdict that Tosini was a 'hack' painter who could make his works look like those of more 'established' painters in order ... Read more
This book sets out to establish Michele Tosini's critical role in sixteenth-century Mannerist art in Florence. He was well-trained, well-educated and well-liked, and created a highly productive workshop environment that not only succeeded but thrived in one of the most competitive ages of artistic production in the history of art. To date, scholarship executed on Tosini (Carlo Gamba in 1928, Sydney Freedberg in 1974) has produced a plethora of misunderstandings about Tosini's role in the Florentine artistic community. The verdict that Tosini was a 'hack' painter who could make his works look like those of more 'established' painters in order ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
211
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
364g
Number of Pages
211
Place of Publication
Brighton, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845191863
SKU
V9781845191863
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About Heidi J. Hornik
Heidi J Hornik is Professor of Italian Renaissance and Baroque Art History at Baylor University in Texas. She received her degrees from Cornell University and The Pennsylvania State University. In addition to publications on Michele Tosini, Hornik has co-authored three interdisciplinary volumes on art and theology.
Reviews for Michele Tosini and the Ghirlandaio Workshop in Cinquecento Florence
The fruit of twenty-two years of labor, Heidi Horniks monograph on Tosini (150377) fills an important void. - Elizabeth Pilliod, Rutgers University, Renaissance Quarterly