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The lives of paintings : presence, agency and likeness in Venetian art of the sixteenth century / Elsje van Kessel.
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Kessel, Elsje van
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Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Boston : De Gruyter ; Leiden : Leiden University Press, [2017]
©2017
Description
347 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 25 cm.
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Marquand Library - Remote Storage: Marquand Use Only
ND621.V5 K47 2017
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Subject(s)
Painting, Italian
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Italy
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Venice
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16th century
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Themes, motives
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Pictures
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Psychological aspects
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Life in art
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Soul in art
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Art and society
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Italy
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Venice
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History
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16th century
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Venice (Italy)
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Civilization
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Series
Studien aus dem Warburg-Haus ; Bd. 18.
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Reihe Kunst und Wirkmacht
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Studien aus dem Warburg-Haus ; Bd. 18
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Reihe Kunst und Wirkmacht / Art and agency
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Summary note
"As this book shows, paintings in 16th-century Venice were often treated as living beings. On the basis of case studies, its author offers a detailed examination of the agency paintings and other two-dimensional images could exert. Grounded in the theoretical literature on the agency of material things, the book contributes to Venetian studies as well as engaging with wider debates on the attribution of life and presence to images and objects"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-314) and index.
Contents
Introduction. At the Doge's Palace : setting the parameters; The lives of paintings; Venice as a case study; Set-up of the book;
A modern miracle : Christ carrying the cross in the Scuola di San Rocco. Genesis and early history; 'Che muove le lacrime à pietosiriguardanti' : the painting as a trigger of response; Frame and other sacred objects; Adaptations; The Scuola di San Rocco and the initiators of the cult; The faithful; The changing role of the artist; Conclusion : the pious painter
A portrait defaced : the donor portrait of Broccardo Malchiostro in the Duomo of Treviso. The Cappella dell'Annunziata; Titain's Annunciation; Artistic innovation as a problem; Donor portraits; Frontality; In search of a culprit; Image destruction and pictorial mockery; Image destruction and ritual violence; Iconoclasm and Christianity; Conclusion : Malchiostro's end; Excursus : ' ... maledetto il saper vostro ... ' : Titian and poetic iconcolasm
A martyr of painting : Irene di Spilimbergo, Titian, and Venetian portraiture between life and death. Irene di Spilimbergo : her life and her death; The Washington portraits of Emilia and Irene; A curious genesis; Titian's authorship; Agency in the art of painting; Paintings as relics?; The poem collection; The volume as portrait; 'La mia vera effigie'; A fragmented image; A debate of vital importance : Irene di Spilimbergo paints her self-portrait; Nature jealous of art; Conclusion : a fruitful afterlife?
Politics, portraits, and love : Francesco Bembo, Bianca Capello, and 'the most beautiful contemporary painting in Venice'. 'A figure so notorious for evil'; A daughter of Venice; The portrait; Francesco Bembo, the poet; Bembo's frame; A civic ritual; Francesco Bembo : a man in politics; Conclusion : the politics of portraiture
Conclusion. Epilogue : life in the collection.
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Presence, agency and likeness in Venetian art of the sixteenth century
Presence, agency and likeness in Venetian art of the 16th century
ISBN
9783110485899 (Walter de Gruyter : hardback)
3110485893 (Walter de Gruyter : hardback)
9789087282813 (Leiden University Press)
9087282818 (Leiden University Press)
LCCN
2017013521
OCLC
958782895
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