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Malvasia's Life of the Carracci : commentary and translation / Anne Summerscale.
Author
Malvasia, Carlo Cesare, conte, 1616-1693
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Uniform title
Di Lodovico, Agostino, et Annibale Carracci.
English
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Format
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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Marquand Library - Remote Storage: Marquand Use Only
ND623.C36 M348 2000
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Subject(s)
Painters
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Italy
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Biography
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Painting, Italian
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16th century
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Painting, Italian
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17th century
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Carracci, Lodovico 1555-1619
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Carracci, Agostino 1557-1602
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Carracci, Annibale 1560-1609
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Related name
Summerscale, Anne, 1939-
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Biographies
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collective biographies
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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.
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Life of the Carracci
ISBN
0271018992 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
9780271018997 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
99036322
OCLC
41580652
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