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Illuminations : Italian Baroque masterworks in Canadian collections / edited by Benedict Leca ; essays by Devin Therien, C.D. Dickerson III, and Lloyd DeWitt.

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Illuminations : Italian Baroque masterworks in Canadian collections / edited by Benedict Leca ; essays by Devin Therien, C.D. Dickerson III, and Lloyd DeWitt.
Publication
London : Art Gallery of Hamilton in association with D Giles Limited, 2015.

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Additional Authors
  • Leca, Benedict
  • Therien, Devin
  • Dickerson, C. D., III (Claude Douglas)
  • DeWitt, Lloyd
  • Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ont.)
  • Art Gallery of Alberta
Description
96 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 18 x 19 cm
Summary
"In a detailed examination of works by Luca Giordano, Mattia Preti, and Jusepe de Ribera amongst others, Illuminations explores how seventeenth-century audiences were confronted with pictures that frequently broke conventions by manipulating the sources and meaning of light, while depicting all types of subjects. Set in the context of Italy's dynamic and international cultural capitals, and 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."-- book cover flap.
Alternative Title
Italian Baroque masterworks in Canadian collections
Subject
  • Painting, Baroque > Italy > Exhibitions
  • Painting, Italian > 17th century > Exhibitions
  • Light in art > Exhibitions
  • Painting > Collectors and collecting > Canada > Exhibitions
  • Painting > Private collections > Exhibitions
Genre/Form
  • Exhibition catalogs
  • Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • Catalog from an exhibition held at the Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, February 21-May 31, 2015, and the Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, June 26-October 5, 2015.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 92) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Plates -- Introduction / Benedict Leca -- Light and shadow in Italian Baroque painting / Devin Therien -- Bernini, Canada, and light / C.D. Dickerson III -- From Italy to Holland: Caravaggio's darkness and light come north / Lloyd DeWitt -- Collecting Italian Baroque painting in Canada / Devin Therien.
ISBN
  • 9781907804571
  • 1907804579
OCLC
  • 890280938
  • SCSB-10381750
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library