Title & Author:

The genius of Rome, 1592-1623 / edited by Beverly Louise Brown.

Publication:

London : Royal Academy of Arts ; New York : Distributed in the U.S. and Canada by H.N. Abrams, ©2001.

Description:

408 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm

Notes:
"First published on the occasion of the exhibition 'The genius of Rome, 1592-1623', Royal Academy of Arts, London, 20 January-16 April, 2001; Palazzo Venezia, Rome, May-August 2001"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 386-401) and index.
The birth of the Baroque : painting in Rome 1592-1623 / Beverly Louise Brown -- Cardsharps, gypsies and street vendors / Helen Langdon -- Painting nature : fruit, flowers and vegetables / Laura Laureati -- Painted music : 'a new and affecting manner' / Rossella Vodret and Claudio Strinati -- The classical tradition / Clare Robertson -- Portraiture : from the 'simple portrait' to the 'ressemblance parlante' / Clovis Whitfield -- The enticement of the north : landscape, myth and gleaming metal supports / Francesca Cappelletti -- Towards the pure landscape / Patrizia Cavazzini -- The black wings of envy : competition, rivalry and paragone / Beverly Louise Brown -- Between the sacred and profane / Beverly Louise Brown -- 'An ineffable light and splendour' : nocturnes, night scenes and artificial illumination / Leonard J. Slatkes -- The arts and craft of sainthood : new orders, new saints, new altarpieces / Bert Treffers -- Biographies and list of works / Rhoda Eitel-Porter, Juliette Jo Saxton, Cecilia Treves.

Summary:

Published to accompany one of the most exciting international art events of 2001, this magnificent volume explores the origins of the baroque style in Rome between 1592 and 1623...With over 300 full colour plates and twelve essays by leading scholars in the field, the catalogue is a significant landmark in art-historical publishing. The essays are illustrated with some of the most dramatic paintings of the early baroque, each with a discursive caption, and the catalogue includes biographies of fifty artists and an extensive bibliography. -- Dust jacket.

ISBN:

0900946881 (Thames & Hudson)
9780900946882 (Thames & Hudson)
0810966379 (Abrams)
9780810966376 (Abrams)
0900946946 (exhibition softback ed.)
9780900946943 (exhibition softback ed.)

Subject:

Painting, European 16th century Exhibitions.
Painting, European 17th century Exhibitions.
Painting, Baroque Italy Rome Exhibitions.
Peinture italienne Italie Rome 17e siècle Expositions.
Peinture baroque Italie Rome Expositions.
Peinture européenne 16e siècle Expositions.
Peinture européenne 17e siècle Expositions.
Pittura Roma 1592-1623 Esposizioni 2001.
Esposizioni Londra 2001.
Esposizioni Roma 2001.
Painting, Baroque.
Painting, European.
Schilderkunst.
Barok.
Italy Rome.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Brown, Beverly Louise, 1948-
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
Palazzo Venezia (Rome, Italy)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 217214
Call No.: ND620 .G4 2001
Status: Available