Lives of tintoretto
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This book presents the most important early texts about Tintoretto, some for the first time in English.
The most exhilarating painter of the Renaissance and arguably of the whole of western art, Tintoretto was known as 'Il Furioso' because of the attack and energy of his style. His vaunting ambition is recorded in the inscription he placed in his studio: l disegno di Michelangelo ed il colorito di Tiziano ("Michelangelo's drawing and Titian's colour"). The Florentines Vasari and Borghini, and the Venetians Ridolfi and Boschini wrote the earliest biographies of the artist. The four accounts are related to each other and form the backbone of the critical success of Tintoretto. Borghini is the first one to give some information about Marietta Tintoretto, also an artist, and Ridolfi is the richest in anecdotes about the artist's life and personality - including the one about the inscription which he may, however, have invented. Boschini, a witty Venetian nationalist, wrote his account in dialect verse. El Greco, whose marginal notes to Vasari are included for the first time in English, Calmo and Franco knew Tintoretto personally and their writings give a real flavour of this complicated man. Unavailable in any form for many years, these biographies have been newly edited for this edition. They are introduced by the scholar Carlo Corsato, who places each in its artistic and literary context. Approximately 50 pages of colour illustrations cover the full range of Tintoretto's astonishing output.
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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 01 juni 2019
Aantal pagina's: 146
Illustraties: Nee
Hoofdauteur: Giorgio Vasari
Tweede Auteur: Pietro Aretino
Co Auteur: Pietro Aretino
Hoofdredacteur: Carlo Corsato
Hoofduitgeverij: Pallas Athene Publishers
Editie: 1
Product breedte: 114 mm
Product lengte: 145 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 114 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 145 mm
Verpakking lengte: 145 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 272 g
EAN: 9781843681724