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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.
- 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.
- Author
- Piero, di Cosimo, 1462-1521
- Publication
- Washington : National Gallery of Art, [2015]
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- Additional Authors
- Hirschauer, Gretchen A.
- Geronimus, Dennis, 1972-
- Brilliant, Virginia
- Franklin, David, 1961-
- Luchs, Alison
- Padovani, Serena
- Walmsley, Elizabeth
- Brilliant, Virginia.
- Luchs, Alison.
- Padovani, Serena.
- Walmsley, Elizabeth.
- National Gallery of Art (U.S.) host institution.
- Galleria degli Uffizi host institution.
- National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
- Galleria degli Uffizi.
- Description
- viii, 248 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 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.
- Subject
- 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."
- Catalog of an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Feb. 1-May 3, 2015 and at the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, June 23-Sept. 27, 2015.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- "Building castles in the air": the story of Piero di Cosimo / Gretchen A. Hirschauer -- Piero and the painting of his time / David Franklin -- Plainspoken piety: Drama and the poetry of the everyday in Piero's devotional works / Dennis Geronimus -- Piero and portraiture / Serena Padovani -- No man's land: Lucretius and the primitive strain in Piero's art and patronage / Dennis Geronimus -- Creature great, small, and hybrid: the natural and unnatural wonders in Piero's art / Alison Luchs -- "A very rich and beautiful effect": Piero's painting techniques / Elizabeth Walmsley -- Piero di Cosimo in America / Virginia Brilliant.
- ISBN
- 9781848221734
- 1848221738
- 9780894683923
- 0894683926
- LCCN
- ^^2014038043
- 40024722422
- OCLC
- 892304838
- SCSB-10546546
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library