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Illuminations: Italian Baroque Masterworks in Canadian Collections
Benedict (Ed) Leca
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Description for Illuminations: Italian Baroque Masterworks in Canadian Collections
Paperback. Investigates how Italian Baroque painting demonstrates an unprecedented ability to create powerful spectacles through pictorial illumination. Editor(s): Leca, Benedict. Num Pages: 96 pages, 66 colour. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBC; ACQB; AFC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 182 x 11. Weight in Grams: 288.
Italian Baroque painting is often discussed in terms of theatre and the creation of powerful visual spectacle through the dramatic use of light. Seventeenth-century painters pushed the limits of artistic expression to reshape the relationship between the illusionistic image and its audience with contrasting styles, new techniques, and by deploying extraordinary optical effects. Featuring some of Canada's foremost Baroque paintings, "Illuminations" examines how the functional and symbolic representation of light was the expression of a culture captivated by theatrical display. Set in the context of Italy's dynamic and international cultural capitals, "Illuminations" compares and contrasts religious, mythological, and popular ... Read more
Italian Baroque painting is often discussed in terms of theatre and the creation of powerful visual spectacle through the dramatic use of light. Seventeenth-century painters pushed the limits of artistic expression to reshape the relationship between the illusionistic image and its audience with contrasting styles, new techniques, and by deploying extraordinary optical effects. Featuring some of Canada's foremost Baroque paintings, "Illuminations" examines how the functional and symbolic representation of light was the expression of a culture captivated by theatrical display. Set in the context of Italy's dynamic and international cultural capitals, "Illuminations" compares and contrasts religious, mythological, and popular ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
GILES
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781907804571
SKU
V9781907804571
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