The garden of love in Tuscan art of the early Renaissance / Paul F. Watson.

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Watson, Paul F., 1940-

Title & Author:

The garden of love in Tuscan art of the early Renaissance / Paul F. Watson.

Publication:

Description:

188 pages, 27 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-182) and index.
Introduction: thickets and streams -- Poets by fountains -- Lovers without gardens -- Frescoed gardens in Florentine palaces -- Gardens of vanity -- The garden of love in Florence -- Gardens without fountains: the grace of Venus -- Hunting for a fountain: Venus versus Diana -- Diana versus Cupid: exploring the realms of love -- Conclusion: some survivals of the garden of love.

Summary:

"The Garden of Love is an important subject in secular art of the fifteenth century, both in Italy and in northern Europe. The chief Italian examples were all painted in Tuscany in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries. They depict a landscape consisting of a flowery meadow, a grove, and a great marble fountain, where lovers gather to sing, dance, and make love. Allied to the Garden of Love are variations on a horticultural theme--gardens for lovers celebrated in history, fountains of love, hunts set in a forest that conclude alongside a fountain. Sometimes, too, the Garden of Love becomes the setting for narratives and romances. In all these instances the Garden is more than a pleasing tapestry like backdrop: it serves as a visible symbol of the nature of love itself. This book illustrated with 97 excellent photographs, attempts to do two things ; to chart the history of the Garden of Love, and explain the significance it once had." -- Book jacket.

ISBN:

0879820195
9780879820190

Subject:

Painting, Italian Italy Tuscany.
Painting, Renaissance Italy Tuscany.
Garden of love in art.
Peinture italienne Italie Toscane.
Peinture de la Renaissance Italie Toscane.
Jardin d'amour dans l'art.
Painting, Italian.
Painting, Renaissance.
Tuinen.
Liefde.
Iconografie.
Peinture italienne Toscane (Italie)
Jardin d'amour.
Italy Tuscany.
Italian paintings: Tuscan paintings, 1400-1500. Special subjects: Garden of love - Critical studies

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Location: Library main 69047
Call No.: ID:86-B10520
Status: Available

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