Main entry:

Troncelliti, Latifah.

Title & Author:

The two parallel realities of Alberti and Cennini : the power of writing and the visual arts in the Italian Quattrocento / Latifah Troncelliti.

Publication:

Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, 2004.

Description:

ix, 274 pages ; 24 cm

Series:

Studies in Italian literature ; v. 14

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-269) and index.
Preface / JoAnne Brown -- Ch. I. Introduction : the progressive separation of art theory and art practice -- The counter-reformation : the split between art practice and art theory -- A historical misunderstanding -- Ch. II. Changing perspective -- Giorgio Vasari : a sober view of Alberti -- Alberti's humanist friends -- Schlosser's critique -- Ch. III. The making of Cennino Cennini -- Gaetano and Carlo Milanesi's New Cennini -- Different opinions contesting the Milanesis' version -- The cultural usefulness of the new Cennini -- Cennini in the making -- Ch. IV. The Libro dell'arte and on painting -- Cennini and Alberti : differences in style and character -- Literary ambition in the Libro dell' arte -- Cennini's Fantasia and Alberti lack thereory -- Contrasting views on artistic talent -- Cennini's practical method and Alberti's "Costruzione legittima."
Ch. V. Cennino Cennini and Leon Battista Alberti on color -- The Albertian "friendship of colors" -- Alberti's self-image as an expert on color -- Cennini : the painter's color -- Gilding -- Relief in painting -- The material act of painting and its enjoyment -- Light in painting and the depiction of aerial perspective -- Ch. VI. Conclusion.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0773465014
9780773465015
0889467382
9780889467385

Subject:

Cennini, Cennino, active 15th century Criticism and interpretation.
Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472 Criticism and interpretation.
Cennini, Cennino, active 15th century Critique et interprétation.
Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472 Critique et interprétation.
Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472
Cennini, Cennino, active 15th century
Ästhetik Zusammenstellung
Art criticism Italy History 15th century.
Painting Italy 15th century.
Aesthetics, Renaissance.
Critique d'art Italie Histoire 15e siècle.
Peinture italienne 15e siècle.
Esthétique de la Renaissance.
Peinture Italie 15e siècle.
Art criticism.
Painting.
Renaissance
Kunstwetenschappen.
Theorie en praktijk.
Schilderkunst.
Italy.

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Added entries:

Studies in Italian literature (Lewiston, N.Y.) ; v. 14.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 232027
Call No.: NA44.A334.9 T7 2004
Status: Available