Devotion by design
Italian altarpieces before 1500
2011
National Gallery Company Ltd (Hersteller)
978-1-85709-528-9 (ISBN)
National Gallery Company Ltd (Hersteller)
978-1-85709-528-9 (ISBN)
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Focusing on Italian altarpieces from the second half of the 13th century to the very end of the 15th, this title investigates the original functions and locations of altarpieces as well as the circumstances of their dislocations, dismantlings, and reconstructions.
Museum visitors today usually see pre-16th-century Italian painted altarpieces exhibited alone, as single paintings. Yet this beautiful catalogue shows that these works were once part of decorative, integrated schemes, and the original experience for viewers of the paintings was significantly different from our own. Focusing on Italian altarpieces from the second half of the 13th century to the very end of the 15th, the book investigates the original functions and locations of altarpieces as well as the circumstances of their dislocations, dismantlings, and reconstructions. Regional variations are also analyzed, and the author examines altarpieces' formal and typological development, taking into account the wealth of related scholarship undertaken in the past thirty years.
Museum visitors today usually see pre-16th-century Italian painted altarpieces exhibited alone, as single paintings. Yet this beautiful catalogue shows that these works were once part of decorative, integrated schemes, and the original experience for viewers of the paintings was significantly different from our own. Focusing on Italian altarpieces from the second half of the 13th century to the very end of the 15th, the book investigates the original functions and locations of altarpieces as well as the circumstances of their dislocations, dismantlings, and reconstructions. Regional variations are also analyzed, and the author examines altarpieces' formal and typological development, taking into account the wealth of related scholarship undertaken in the past thirty years.
Scott Nethersole is Lecturer, Courtauld Institute of Art. He was formerly the Harry M. Weinrebe Curatorial Assistant at the National Gallery, London.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 4.2.2011 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | National Gallery London |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile |
| ISBN-10 | 1-85709-528-6 / 1857095286 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-85709-528-9 / 9781857095289 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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