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Piero di Cosimo : the poetry of painting in Renaissance Florence

Title: Piero di Cosimo : the poetry of painting in Renaissance Florence / Gretchen A. Hirschauer and Dennis Geronimus ; with Virginia Brilliant, David Franklin, Alison Luchs, Serena Padovani, and Elizabeth Walmsley.
Publication: Washington : National Gallery of Art ; Florence : Galleria degli Uffizi, 2015.

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Description

viii, 248 pages : color illustrations; 30 cm

Summary

Born in 1462, an auspicious time for hopeful young painters in Renaissance Florence, Piero di Cosimo left the city's artistic landscape forever changed upon his death in 1522. The singular vision of this highly esteemed painter is beautifully presented in this important publication, which accompanies the first-ever retrospective of di Cosimo's astonishing career. A contemporary of luminaries such as Botticelli, Leonardo and Michelangelo, Piero di Cosimo was regarded in his day as a creative spirit of uncommon imagination. As a poet his fantastic inventions rivalled the verses of the shining lights of ancient Greece and Rome, whose myths and allegories he set out to transform in a strange language all his own. As a masterful painter of both sacred and profane subjects he could flit between complex, crowded compositions and scenes of intimate, tranquil lyricism. This groundbreaking publication demonstrates di Cosimo's range through in-depth discussions of individual works that help to substantiate specific interpretations and cases of authorship while also addressing the broader social and religious functions of image-making in the period. This unique publication makes a significant contribution to our understanding of a true Italian master, arguably Renaissance art's most spellbinding storyteller.

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Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

"The exhibition is organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and the Galleria degli Uffizi, Superintendency of Cultural Heritage for the City and the Museums of Florence"--Title page verso.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-241) and index.

Call Number

JQF 15-480

ISBN

9781848221734 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1848221738 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780894683923 (softcover : alk. paper)
0894683926 (softcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

2014038043
40024722422

OCLC

892304838

Title

Piero di Cosimo : the poetry of painting in Renaissance Florence / Gretchen A. Hirschauer and Dennis Geronimus ; with Virginia Brilliant, David Franklin, Alison Luchs, Serena Padovani, and Elizabeth Walmsley.

Publisher

Washington : National Gallery of Art ; Florence : Galleria degli Uffizi, 2015.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-241) and index.

Added Author

Hirschauer, Gretchen A.

Geronimus, Dennis, 1972-

Brilliant, Virginia.

Franklin, David, 1961-

Luchs, Alison.

Padovani, Serena.

Walmsley, Elizabeth.

Piero, di Cosimo, 1462-1521. Paintings. Selections.

National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

Galleria degli Uffizi.

Other Standard Identifier

40024722422

Research Call Number

JQF 15-480

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