Giovanni da Rimini : scenes from the lives of the Virgin and other Saints / Anna Koopstra.

Author
Koopstra, Anna [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • London : National Gallery, 2017.
  • [New Haven, Connecticut] : Distributed by Yale University Press, 2017.
  • ©2017
Description
64 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm

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    This monograph celebrates the National Gallery's 2015 acquisition of Giovanni da Rimini's 'Scenes from the Lives of the Virgin and Other Saints' (c. 1300--1305). The painting is a rare survival from the late Middle Ages, uniting the exquisite detail of late Byzantine icons with the new, more naturalistic and expressive style exemplified by the Florentine painter Giotto. Probably created for private contemplation and worship, the painting may be the left wing of a diptych, a theory that is examined here in relation to its assumed companion panel Scenes from the Life of Christ (from the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome). Significant new research explains its iconography, its devotional function, and the historical context in which it was created, while fresh technical analysis brings a greater understanding of the making and purpose of the panels and how they were originally displayed.
    Notes
    "Published to accompany the exhibition "Giovanni da Rimini: a 14th-century Masterpiece Unveiled, 14 June - 8 October 2017."--Title page verso.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 60-63).
    Contents
    • Director's preface
    • Introduction
    • I. Giovanni da Rimini and painting in Rimini around 1300
    • II. Giovanni da Rimini's Scenes from the lives of the Virgin, Saint John the Evangelist, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Francis and Saint John the Baptist
    • III. (Hinged) diptych, pendant panel or independent panel painting?: reconsidering the painting's original function.
    Other title(s)
    • Scenes from the lives of the Virgin and other Saints
    • Giovanni da Rimini, a 14th-century masterpiece unveiled.
    ISBN
    • 9781857096224 ((paperback))
    • 1857096223 ((paperback))
    LCCN
    2017933010
    OCLC
    990412706
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