Item Number: 57669Title: The limits of artistic freedom: Criticism of art in Italy from 1500 to 1800
Author: Boschloo, Anton W.A
Price: $67.50
ISBN: 9789059970588
Description: transl. from the Dutch by Robert Symonds. Leiden: Primavera Pers, 2008. 24cm., pbk., 384pp., 130 illus., 16 in color. English text. Contents: Michelangelo's Last Judgement - difficolta as a challenge ; The Miracle of the Slave - the prestezza of Tintoreto ; Pontormo's frescoes in San Lorenzo - confusione and capricci ; Caravaggio and the 'copying of nature' ; The Bamboccianti as representatives of the banal in painting ; Maniera and fatica - the absence of naturalness ; The theatrical effect of the pitture di macchine ; Essere manierista - moulding nature to one's will; etc.
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