Malvasia's Life of the Carracci : commentary and translation / Anne Summerscale.

Author
Malvasia, Carlo Cesare, conte, 1616-1693 [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000.
Description
xv, 395 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

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    Summary note
    • "Ludovico, Agostino, and Annibale Carracci played leading roles in bringing about the changes in style and outlook that transformed the art of painting around 1600. Working both as a team and as individuals, they turned away from the conventions of Mannerism to reinvigorate the Renaissance tradition and usher in a new style, at once naturalistic, classical, and spirited."
    • "Malvasia's "Life of the Carracci" has been the principal source of knowledge about these pioneering artists since its first publication in 1678 in Felsina pittrice, vite de' pittori bolognesi. His biography of the Carracci provides a window onto the cultural life of seventeenth-century Italy. The worlds of artisans, artists, literati, and patrons intersect in his text, giving it incomparable historical and literary value."
    • "Summerscale's book will be a resource for art historians and students of seventeenth-century literature and historiography."--Jacket.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-376) and index.
    Contents
    • I: Context
    • Malvasia's life, and the project of the Felsina Pittrice
    • Early years in Bologna
    • Malvasia's years in Rome
    • Return to Bologna and the project for the lives
    • The completion of the Felsina, and Malvasia's last years
    • Publication history and reception of the Felsina
    • The genre of lives of painters
    • Structural elements
    • Quotation
    • Style
    • The fable of the bees
    • II: Text and commentary
    • Note to the translation
    • Life of Ludovico, Agostino, and Annibale Carracci.
    Other title(s)
    Life of the Carracci
    ISBN
    • 0271018992 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    • 9780271018997 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    99036322
    OCLC
    41580652
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